17 JUNE 1922, page 22

Poets And Poetry.

MR. EDMUND BLUNDEN'S NEW VERSE.* MR. BLUNDEN is rather a puzzling poet. He seems suddenly to dangle complete excellence before us and never quite to give it us except in an......

Problems Of Modern Science. Edited By Arthur Dendy....

6d. net.)—In these eight lectures, delivered at King's College last year, well-known men of science discuss the present position of their special studies and the lines on which......

Mysterious India. By Robert Chauvelot. Translated By...

(T. Werner Laurie. 16s. net.)— M. Chauvelot's notes of travel in India from Bombay to Landi Kotal and southward to Benares, Golconda and the Coromandel coast are vivid and......

Some Books Of The Week.

Plotioe in this camas doss not issoessaray :predate subsequent mists.] Paracekus. By J. M. Stillman. (Open Court Publishing Co. 10s. net.)—Professor Stillman as a chemist writes......

Poems Worthy Of Consideeatiox.—an Anthology Of Italian...

de Lucchi. (Heinemann. 10s. 6d. net.)—This is an excellent selection of Italian poetry from the 13th century down to Carducci. A verse translation of each poem appears on the......

The Outline Of Science. Edited By Professor J. Arthur...

Vol. L .(Newnes. -32s. net.)—This "plain story simply told" is a most commendable attempt to state the principles of natural science and the main results so far attained. It is......