THE MODERN SCOT
What the Dublin Magazine is to Ireland the Modern Scot is in some degree to Scotland. Though without the unrivalled resources of the older review, it has enlisted a band of energetic and resourceful writers who are making a definite stand for upholding the literary and cultural integrity of their country, and putting an end to the tradition of " disinterested scholar- ship" which has, since the time of James VI, largely usurped the place of creative work north of the Tweed. Though un- wavering in its allegiance to a political creed of Scottish Nationalism, its literary pages have an engaging air of con- troversy (rarely degenerating into hair-splitting) which may be compared to that of the Criterion. While PrOfessor Herbert Read, for instance, exploits on one page the problems of " The Long Poem," Mr. A. T. Cunninghame on another questions the validity of Professor Read's opinions on Art. The present number is well up to the standard of previous issues. Mr. Edwin Muir contributes a " Chapter from a Novel," Mr. A. T. Cunninghame " A Dialogue " which dissects the body of controversy on a variety of problems of contem- porary art. Miss Naomi Mitchison outlines " A Socialist Plan for Scotland," and Mr. Grant Duff writes on " Croce and Modem Italy." There are poems by Mr. Hugh MeDiarthid and Mr. William Soutar. Book reviews are varied and inter- esting. The Modern Scot is published at 2s.
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