tae Coston Sevse or Nuoisx—By George Ryley Scott. Laurie, Lone fon. 78. paride Including a survey of sun-hathi fand light treatments, the author, 1 GR. Scott, in a volume consisting, some 160 pages, has given a di passionate examination of the ideas and ideals of nudism. His summing, 'Up of the situation is interesting even if he does not succeed in throw: ing any new light upon this already worn-out theme. In' the reviewer's opinion, the padding used to swell the slender volume is more interes:- ing than the subject under discussion.
Dr, Scott lays. great, stress on the curative powers of light and air on the naked body, a fact which not even the bitterest opponents of the movement deny. But he has not quite [succeeded in explaining why the devotes of nudism insist upon being cured in the presence of the opposite sex. Surely if the cure or the sense fof well-being were the only alms of the nudists they would not feel the symptoms of martyrdom arising when the segregation of the sexes is mentioned. The book is illustrated by photographs, several of which prov: that there is a difference of opinion what constitutes correct. "un: Gress" for a nudist colony, while there is @ hint of the Folies Bergéve Jabout the one which purports to be photograph of nudist. wedding.
The book may prove of interest to people who are drawn to the cult of diem, but will be a disappointment those who expect something sen-ational. Indeed, Dr. Scott's dose of matter of fact common sense may act asa. preventive to. people who are foying with the ideas of casting thei:
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.