My Conressionat. Questions of our Day.
<By" Havelock. Elis. The Bodley Head, London. 1/6. fessions are of two kinds at least, Despite Dr. Bills plea that con-those of sin and those of faith, we: Femain unconvinced that the title o: this book is chosen more for _accurney than for advertisement. The sub-title, "Questions of the Day," 1s a better description of its contents. "Obiter dicta" might have been mors accurate stil As anyone familiar with the scope of Dr. Ellis's scelologi.- cal and psychological writings might surmise, his mail bag is a very heavy tone, correspondents bombarding him {rom all parts of the world. This book replying to an, American journalls who protested "against my statement that most of the Presidents of the United—States have "who was expecting a baby and had "fed from a fruitarian nursing home: or to Betty, again, hungering after' the due' production ct the baby for an introduction to George Sand; or to an artist who cried out against the crushing influence of science in our time; the author always finds occasion to say something interesting and Illumina: ing, frequently provocative and not seldom witty. The contemplation of in can launch a philosophic mind upon a fascinating voyage. The simplest statement or question can draw, from Dr. Ellis's vast stores of infornstion and deposits of reflection, far-flung surveys of topics ranging from war (several times) to women (till more times): from Democracy to Dancing: Bugenics to Education: Scott's novels to the Savages of Europe. These latter, it may be unnecessary to mention, were the Engish as seen by a gentleman named Lesuire in the year of grace 1764—
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