The CouNTayMAN.—A Quarterly Us lished by J. W. Robertson Scots at Idbury, Oxford.
Vol. Ville Nec 2 2/6 quarterly oF 10/- yearly.
"The Countryman" for January This is a book, written by a La wan, ena problem which is. prominently before the public to-day It is rather too long, Some of the chapters could be cut down with advantage, and in one or two instances, having "regard to the' public. for hie intended, Subjects have particularly the chapter' on the an:
m one into unnecessarily deeply, tomy and physiology of sex, and that relating to childbirth, that it's an admirably. balanced general, however, it can be said presentation, "with perhaps. rather too philosophical an outlook, (the author is a Ph. D.) The chapter on the mental hygiene of sex is the very best exposition the writer has ever encountered, be it by physician or layman.
The controversial subject of con-tea ception is discussed in avery, almost too, restrained manner, and only the slightest reference is made to the opposition experienced from ¥arious religious bodies. In connec:
with this, the spectacle wowedly celibate old gentlemen solemnly discussing and laying down the law on birth control must surely be-one to. rouse 'Homeric laughter, and to his credit, the author' doct not take advantage of thi the exception of a rather laudatory foreword and introduction, and the skipping of those unnecersarily detailed chapters. previously mentioned, itis both instructive and
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