Some Books of the Week
Avoca the many. pamphlets received by those interested in varying sides of _life, we hope no. reader will- neglect B.B.C. Talks (issued free on personal application to the B.B.C., or sent to applicants by post on receipt of a penny postage stamp), for there is no small book which covers a wider field of thought nor one more pregnant with potentialities of instruction and entertainment. The morning talks are for a special audience, and deal with travel, family budgets, food, how Parliament works, &e., &c. In- the evenings, at six o'clock, there is to be a series of reminiscences by well-known women, such as Mrs. St. Loe Strachey, Madame Karsavina, Lady Wilson, &e., followed in April by talks on Gardening by Mr. Compton Mackenzie, and on Cookery by Mr. Wickham Steed, M. Boulestin, and the Editor of the Spectator. The popular series of talks last year on " Words," by Mr. J. C. Squire, will be followed in 1931 by another series from him on " The Enjoyment of Literature," given on Mondays in January and February at 7.25 ; and these will be followed by six talks on ." Virgil and his Times," by Dr. T. R. Glover, in February and March. Sir Hilton Young is to broadcast on " National Housekeeping " on Wednesdays at the same time ; and on Fridays Dr. Delisle Burns is to be heard on " Contact Between Peoples To-day." Between 8 and 8.30 French and German language talks will be given on Mondays and Wednesdays, by Mr. Stephan and Mr. Otto Siepmann respectively. But it is impossible in a mere catalogue to do credit to the care and forethought with which the more serious side of the B.B.C. programmes have been arranged.
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