Views and Reviews
Views and Reviews. Second Series 1920-1932. By Havelock Ellis. (Desmond Harmsworth. 103. 6d.) Tars collection is a further example of the variety of Mr. Havelock Ellis' interests and the consistency of his attitude of scientific ;humanism. He ranges from Spanish polities to Hardy ; from the future of religion to a suggestion for a philosophical view of sex with a Mind European in its sympa- thieS and in a manner and style subtle, disarming and suave. His position is that of the maestro, guide or commentator, and he is easily the most unruffled -and readable writer on his sabjects that we have. His opinions on seir, marriage, steriliza- population and allied problems have in the main become commonplaces to the younger generation—due in considerable degree to his pioneer labours—but muds might be learned by those engaged in the practical politics of these matters from his Socratic guile. Each of these studies is a tablet to the fruitfulness of the method of scientific inquiry. He retains his faith in the reasonableness of Reason. The essay on the Spanish Republic, in which alone among observers he draws attention to the important part played in Spanish public affairs by women for the first timer is of-mtptionalAnterest. On.e regrets only the brevity of these papers,. -
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