6 FEBRUARY 1953, page 24

Ichabod !

The Disinherited Mind. By Erich Heller. (Bowes and Bowes. 18s.) " THE consciousness of life's increasing depreciation "—that is the theme of Professor Heller's book, which would......

Roman Catholics And The Bible

A Catholic Commentary on Holy Scripture. (Nelson. 84s.) THE Reformation is popularly supposed to have left the Christian West divided into two camps, appealing to the authority......

Metaphors And Language .

PHILOLOGY may well be described as the " gay science," for it combines fact, speculation and fanciful uncertainties in pleasant proportion. The laws of Grimm and Verner may be......