This Week's Books
THE Graphic is one of our best illustrated papers, steering adroitly between the twin whirlpools of flippancy and pom- posity. Under its new management and with the powerful support it is receiving (Mrs. Mary Borden, and Messrs. John Buchan. Edgar Wallace and Arthur Weigall are all contribut- ing) it should go from strength to strength. Mr. Alan Bott is the new Editor, and the first number—issued under his control--strikes a very pleasant and modern note in pictures, photographs and text. Mr. John Buchan writes eloquently of the British Empire (" it is a more practical thing than it has ever been before, but it is also a more spiritual thing ") ; Mr. J. B. S. Haldane has a striking paper called " The Last Judgment," in which he suggests that tidal friction, by gradually decreasing the speed of the earth's rotation and lengthening the day, will finally cause the end of the world. The account is written from the standpoint of an earth- colonist to Venus millions of years hence, and is an essay as brilliant as anything the clever author of Daedalus has yet written. There is also an article purporting to give Signor Mussolini's views on women. We can heartily recommend the reorganized Graphic to our readers.
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