14 DECEMBER 1929, page 31

" Know Thyself "

WHEN a scientist, even a scientist with an international reputation, throws off his gown, he is often a human and entertaining companion. In fact the best scientists are always......

The Faith Of A Statesman

In the Evening of My Thought. By Georges Clemenceau. Translated by Charles Misser Thompson and John Heard, Junr. 2 vols. (Constable. 30s.) THE title of the late M. Clemenceau's......

Idealism

THE idea that the War was fatal to idealism in those who were actively engaged and made of them cynics and pessimists is one which is often canvassed. It is not borne out by the......