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London: Arrowsmith.
"A Select Bibliography Modern Economic Theory" has been compiled by Harold E. Hat- son, of the London School of Eco- nomies. London: Routledge.
THE DEVIL'S NUMBER.
The
GOUGH'S ARMY.
Mr. Herbert Read was a junior Why do we all fear to sit thir- tean at table? Because at the Last offer in Gough's 5th Army, which Supper there were thirteen.
crashed in March, 1918. His ac- truth of it is that if there be thir- teen-or fourteen, or fifteen-at count of it, from the point of view of qne small unit lost in the swirl table the chances are even that one death at least will occur within of a huge catastrophe, gives a most twelve-month. This is not mystic- ism, but cold mathematics. The depressing picture of bungling superstition of thirteen at table," staff work, disorganisation and in- anys one author, "is one of the evitable defeat. most pitiful exhibitions of mental He gives the impression, inten- weakness that has ever marked tionally or not, of an army east human thought."-"
sions.
the
"War Books," compiled by Cyril Falls, is a critical guide to the literature and near-literature, the records and biographies, which have been printed, in Britain, America France, Germany and during and since the war. Readers with always agree will, not apinions expressed in the book, but it will be found a useful guide, London: Peter Davies.
and in parks Sleeping out. churchyards, travelling by the cheapest means at hand, Kendall
Very well, you may not believe away through two incredible omis Foss and a companion journeyed
Positions were neatly plan- in this, but what about that long, ned. The front line was a network] through Soviet Russia. The result is a book, "Black Brend and drawn-out how! of the dog the or impassable machine gun neste "That and redoubts. A second line of de- "Samovars," a, chatty narrative of night grandfather died?
somebody should die after the con- fence was mapped and turf remov- the trip, containing many interest- ing anecdotes and observations.tinued howling of a dog is not a ed to a depth of several inches to
remarkable phenomenon. The re- indicate
of the position markable phenomenon is the Rum- trenches-to-be; but the staff forgot ber of people who live after listen that in that acason the terrain was ing to many howlinga.”
likely to be obscured by dense fogs; The shark that follows the ship so when the attack came machine as a sign of death on board is
A Mr. Gibson gunners had no targets, and the equally absurd. observes that om a voyage to South Germans, who had not neglected through. Then the retreating army, Africa a "large, sinister-looking the weather contingency, strolled shark kept up with the ship for demoralised by the misdirected many miles." Nobody died. On fire of its own artillery, failing the return trip, in a hospital ship back on its second line, found that there were no sharks, although the carefully planned trenches had there was death aboard.
not been dug beyond the nent re- If you want
moval of the turfi your pet superstitions, read this The author traces back hook. most of these ideas to their begin- ning, and, for the rest. glances with a cold, sensible and unbeliey- ing eye on them. After you have road what he has to say you should not tremble if you spill the salt. Salt figures in pagan superstitiona, and if spilling it were a fatal sign there would be nobody left alive. ("Popular Superstitions," by T. Knowlson. London: Sharper Laurie.)
What is the wide world made af? Eleanor Hughes-Club, F.L.S., sets out to tell us in "The Life Force of the Inorganic World," a study of the workings of the creative spirit from matter to the London: Orst forms of life. Routledge.
"Celebrated Musicians," by Hubert Whelbourn (Werner Laurie) is a dictionary of musi- 'cians, past and present, of which the principal value is to be found in its up-to-dateness. For those who have not the latest edition of Grove, a useful reference work The spread of musical interest by means of the gramophone and wireless renders such a book of short biographies of general value "Spider Girls," by Douglas Walshe, is a story of those heart less vampires known in Ameri-
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to the unsuspected soundness of character of the hero, the spider girl loses to the nice girl. London: Hutchinson,
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"George Preedy," whose precise identity le still unknown, has two volumes coming out with John Lane. One contains his play, "Men;" by Karen Bramson, is a "Captain Banner," which was pro- powerful story cast in that strenu- duced in London two years ago by ous, serious Scandinavian mould Mr. Godfrey Tearle. The other, entitled "Bagatelle and Other of much soul stress and little or no humour. It daringly brings in Diversions," is in the nature of Lenin as one of the characters, a essays. Mr. Pready says he has tormented soul which cannot find been moved to write it through the escape from its doubts. We meet poignant appeal of those aspects- the Kaiser, too, the arrogant and of the past which to-day seem but stupid Kaiser of popular belief.] a game, a trifle, a bagatellc. Be- For those who like this sort of talehind the ribbons and the 'lates in which the emotions are always grins the mask of tragedy, for on the rack, it should be interest- some of the episodes are grim ing. London: Chapman and Hall. enough.
ROUND THE CAMP FIRE
B.P. TO ATTEND RE-UNION,
FRIENDSHIP BADGE.
Some three or four hundred Scoutmasters who have been train- ed at the Boy Scouts Training Centre, Gilwell Park in Epping Forest, are expected to gather there at the week-end; September. There is the World Friendship 13 and 14.
- While on the subject of badges a word might be said here about! some new badges recently intro- duced which are not yet generally known to Scouts in Hong Kong,
This will be the 10th Re-union of the 1st Gilwell Park Scout Group, the Group to which all who qualify for their Wood Badge, the only Proficiency Badge available for a Scoutmaster, belong.
The Chief Scout, Lord Baden- Powell, and his family hope to be present at the Re-union, the Camp-
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AN INTRODUCTORY HISTORY
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night, and alino at the Scouts Own Service on the Sunday morning.
The Wood Badge, which mem- bers of the 1st Gilwell Park Group are entitled to wear, is a facsimile of two of the beads from the neck- lace of Dinizulu, the Zulu' Chlef who, under circumstances which have not been made public, hand- ed over his necklace to the Chlef who, under circumstances which have not been made public, hand- ed over his necklace of Dinizulu, the Zulu Chief who, under circum- stances which have not been made public, handed over his necklace
badge which should appeal to all Scouts in a city like Hong Kong which presents such real opport- nalties for the fostering of inter national friendships. The qualifi
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK.
That boy! He will soon be an inspiration to the world as a man, just as he is a chat- lenge to us now as a boy,"
cation for this badge calls for the ability to recognise the national flags of no fewer than twenty foreign countries and the flags of all British Dominions. This should difficult matter in this not be a Colony where the shipping of so many nations is to be seen in the
to the Chief Scout, Lord Baden-harbour besides the many flags to Powell, in the Zulu War of 1888.
be seen on the various consulates,- residences and other bulidings.
It should be an easy matter to learn to recognize these flags and GILT CROSS FOR CUB.
the studying of flags actually seen Charles Still, a nine-year-old will be far more interesting than Wolf Cub of Quebec, has been merely swatting them up from awarded the Gilt Cross of the Boy book. The second qualification for Scouts Association for saving life. this badge calls for regular cor Still and another boy were play-respondence with an overzea ́or ing on the ice-covered edge of the foreign Scout for not less than Richelled River, when, the foe one year, or as an alternative the giving way, they were thrown into candidate must have camped with Into the waters then in flood. In Scouts of a nationality other than the ley water and very strong car his own. He must also have some rent they were rapidly swept down knowledge of the Boy Scout inter- river. Fortunately Cub Still seiz national organization, the World ed hold of a tree standing in the Girl Guide and Girl Scout organi- water, and with the other hand sations, and the League of Nations was able to aalze the collar of his and its component parts. To com
plete the qualifications be must companion.
atate, with ressons, which country or Dominion he would prefer to live in, other than his own
In saving his companion Cub Still ran very considerable risk of being swept away bizitelf:
Considering these points, the reader must pay unstinted hom- age to those men of the front line who stuck it and died so that their sinck "brass-hats" might have a chance to extricate the survivora and keep a few sorry shreda
of military reputation.
"In Retreat," by Herbert Read; Faber and Faber-Criterion Misscellany Reprint.]
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