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Universe And Electron

Fundamental Theory. By Sir Arthur Eddington. (Cambridge University Press. 25s.) SIR ARTHUR EDDINGTON devoted the later years of his life mainly to the development of a theory by......

Hunting The Snark

" THE purpose of this essay," Mr. Nicolson writes, "is to enquire whether, in the wide landscape of the English temperament, there exists a special corner which can correctly be......

Eccentrics And Visionaries

Tracks in the Snow. By Ruthven Todd. (Grey Walls Press. 12s. 6d.) THE romantic revival in painting, reinforced by war-time isolation from those external influences we......

The Young Johnson

MR. A. L. READE represents, in a singularly splendid and indus- trious manner, the more academic side of the Johnson cult. In the patient accumulation of detail, in the......