• NEW MAGAZINES
wE are well aware of the quantity and high quality of many monthly and quarterly magazines which to our regret we cannot find space to notice regularly. We like, however, to welcome new arrivals and to inform our readers, if only once for all, of their existence. This month has brought the first number of the Diocese of Liverpool Review (1 South John Street, Liverpool, Cid.), a more ambitious production than most diocesan magazines, having articles on housing in the city and a plain-spoken one on psycho-analysis. It also contains Dr. Burch's article on the Slavonic text of Josephus, which has caused considerable stir. The scholars who wrote to the Times from home and abroad gave us the impression that Dr. Burch was claiming to have made new discoveries or suggesting that he alone had worked upon the MSS. and found that they represent a translation of an Aramaic text of earlier date than the Greek version. We do not find any such claim. He knows of the work of others which, owing to the War and the poverty of Dorpat University, has not seen the light. A new quarterly has also appeared, Health and Empire (Constable, 2s. 6d.), the journal of the British Social Hygiene Council, which engages in the fight against venereal . diseases, a subject as important "as it is unpleasant. The articles are by experts in social, and still more in scientific work. They rightly commend sport as a distraction from vice, and press for medical knowledge by which the results of vice may be avoided.
The April number of the new Journal of Philosophical Studies (3s. 6d..monthly, Macmillan) contains- interesting articles on !` Behaviourism," by Professor Lloyd Morgan, and the "-Mechanism of- Lifer" -by Professor. James Johnston. The section devoted to philosophical and psychological publications is a good feature. May this journal fulfil its motto, Prevaleat sapientia. - Anthroposophy, published at 46 Gloucester Place, is a new quarterly ".review of spiritual science," dedicated to ik continuation of the work of the late Dr. Steiner. There is a: noteworthy article by a doctor on Dr. Steiner's views on. human organic processes. Marvels of the Universe is a new educational book, coming out in magazine-like parts (Hutchinson and Co. ls. 3d.). It is profusely illustrated in colours and black-and-- white. The list of contributors includes such names as M. Camille Flammarion, Mr. E. A. Martin, Sir Herbert Max- well,
and Sir Harry Johnston.
The Pocket Guide to May Meetings in London gives a full list of religious societies -meeting in London from March to July, as well as some interesting articles and a clear map. This booklet is remarkable value for 23d., from Mr. J. E. May, 68 Fleet Street.
The Journal of Careers (61 Conduit Street, monthly ls.) serves a useful purpose. There are good articles in the April issue on outdoor careers for women, on the Big Brother Movement in Australia, librarianship as a career and data as to various scholarships for boys and girls.
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