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Ano Britain. A Mora! Challenge-By C. F. Andrews. Student Christian Movement
Press, London. 5/-.
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AN UNUSUAL BOOK
Asylum By William B. Sea- brook. Harrap, London."
REVIEW
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COCKTAIL ANTHOLOGY
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by
The Barman - Complied Mark Seymour. Yue Shing. Hong- kong
and Bamuel Butler's "Erewhon" are included. The text in, each case is complete and
flavourings, Д
unabridged and the size of the books makes them exceedingly
for the sultable
traveller who wishes to put his reading matter into a small compass.
treau,
Mr. Kenneth Roberts, the author of "The lively, Lady". (The Bodley a series of cheap reprints Head London, 7/6), is an Ameri- This is a particularly interest attractively produced, at the price can writer of novels dealing with This anthology of drinks, short ing book written in a frank and of 4.
selection covers
the Wars of Independence and of and long. has been compiled with attractive style. Though perhaps wide Deld and the first twenty 1812. A New Englander, whose the definite intention, of being of use to those who search its pages all will not be quite as bread-include such an admirable blend- forebears joined in most of the Andrews has not managed minded as the author in assessing ing of
the series fighting of the day from Louis-The author avolds the usually qualities that
burg, onwards one of them being | over-obvious wit, which is apt to acquire some semblance of intel- the Jays of intoxication, more should
suit all tastes. For ex·
a privateer captain imprisoned at accompany such publications, and lectual honesty in the course of particularly in regard to that type
ample. Eric Linklater's ""Poet's
Dartmoor--Mr. Roberts served "in
the result, is thoroughly work- his long devotion to the cause of commonly described as "paralytic"
Christie's whe
the US. Biberian Expeditionary manlike. The book has two - India. in this book he... treats still, the clear-cut views and per- Pub," Agatha
Affair at Styles," Force, was "for several years Was- deres in addition to the ordinary modern Indian conditions in the fect trankness of, the author are Mysterious
gives a t Sackville Ught of imperfectly digested and of great value in, assessing the Victoria
"The hington correspondent of the "8a-general index-one West's
and has of cocktails arranged under their out-ul-date experiences of the characteristics which must be pre-Edwardians." G. B. Stern's "Dturday Evening Post"
held-a-roving-commission for the basic...........ingredients (brandy, gia, clash of "European and Indian
sent in those unfortunate enough
same magazine in Central Europe rum, whisky), and the other puts cultures and, in particular. re-
the the cocktails under and the Balkans. This is
dominart iations between European officials
(Benedictine, coin- and their Indian colleagues. As
first of his books to be printed in
vodka. grenadine, etc.). England. It is concerned with the
index is designer! "War of Impressments" of 1812-15, The latter of which the impressing of men primarily to assist the mixer who limited stock of liqueure off American ships by the British has a navy
the most "popular" from which to choose. Was
All the drinks contain only in It will apeal to those who cause. are interested not so much in agredients which are easy to ob- tale written primarily to atir the tain, and the recipes allow enough blood as in the careful reconstruc- for six glasses. Complete direr- tion of the sea-fighting of a period tions for the successful mixing' ei and type in which every day was cocktails are given. There are a for "soft" cocktails part of an Odyssey, and (for the few recipes
attractive selection........ af English reader) in a piquant look and an
drinks. Interspersed is n at history through intelligent lang American eyes. The American pri- generous allowance of blank pages insertion of additional rateers were out on the delectable for the duty of defending their country's recipes. The book is strongly 'and. ghts and making their own for distinctively bound and lustral
ed with clever litte head and tal tunes at the same time, and our ове сап make of this book has
It is a completely desir- hero, Captain Richard Nason, of pieces. already been anticipated by the
private armed aloop, Lively able acquisition-PEG. author, but
must admit Lady, was exploring the possibilit- with the Medical
108 of the English Channel when agreement
Britian ne was captured by a who suggested Superintendent that the inclusion of the some- seventy-four-thus equalling the what pointless ravings of one of audacity of the U. S. sloop Argus the inmates rather spoilt one taken by King George's ship Pe- chapter.
ilcan, the possessor of heavier guns... off St. David's Head August 14, 1813.
older name Asylum lieu of the valuable test imaginable, parti- somewhat feeble compromise f
The descriptions of fe in an ostensible supporter of the modern, asylum are of intense in- doctrine of good will, Mr. Andrewsterest since they enable the value in as far removed from actuality of the more modern, and, to the
Mr. Winston
of medical present generation whose flamboyant arrogances he men. even startling innovations & makes
pertinent and entirely.
in the treatment of mental disor- Justified comment. It would ca ders to be appreciated from the wearying to indicate the kind standpoint of a patient. Need- fallacy in which this book seems less to state, there can be no more to abound. For instance, while. quite rightly relegating the Battlecularly when the patient is of the of Plassy to its proper military
rational type and without any insignificance. Mr. Andrews treats delusions other than those com- Give's achievements as if they
mon to all of us. It need not. were nothing more than the product
however, be thought that the of chicanery and mlitaristic ad
book is only of interest to the venture. He fails to mention the
as it is quite historical fact that Clive was the medical man
readable as a dumber of novels and. for the matter o that of less Pathological interest than quite a number of the works of certain of the modern school.
..man who initiated the
doctrine
that the welfare of the people India, should be the primary con- Eideration of her governors and endeavoured to establish a bure- aucracy imbued with honesty of purpose and financial integrity.
1s, an
ES
ex-
The reviewer is only acquainted with one other book of the type dealing with Broadmoor Asylum Then again, in attempting am-
(but unfortunately the title has azingly to support the argument been forgotten). and would un that village life in die has been hesitatingly place this book in a destroyed by the Britshoffiel
higher category. It and the British capitalist, he
tremely valuable contribution to quotes a dictum ~* Mr. Gandh! without the slightest effort to the science of psychiatry if only for the reason that It represents substantiate its accuracy or ex-.
an evaluation of its methods by plain the basis of its origin. Mr.
entire outsider, Andrews seems to persist in ex-
frankly. mly interested in the emplifying the evil that men can do under the cloak of religious subject in so far as it impinged zeal. The uninitiated may be on his own existence. It is, there misled by his unction into a before, a good omen that on the
verdict is Eef that he accurately marshals whole the the relevent facts. Those who and that methods of
receive a testimonial can also claim an intimate know- ledge
of India may form quite another opinion.-E.H.
an
and
Mental Hospital. The meaning of the word Asylum is not impaired by the fact that it has in the minds of the public become as- sociated, not entirely fairly, with prison-like and unsympathetic conditions. The only crit cism
one
One feels a Ittle sorry for one of the characters who is present ed under the name of "Dr. Qui- gley:"
the
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од
about to be believed. It is a thing
to
comment upon not that so many died during their cap- Elvity but that So many did not. - Miserable
it dria, Dartmoor had settled down into a weird community Hire, grad- ed from a kind of squalid comfort to the woe of the Cachot, a black hole reserved for those
ON
He seems to have been
The tale is divided very nearly rather unfortunate In his relationsevenly between adventure at sen abandoned as to try to escape, with the author, as even when
and an account of life in Dart- and out of it all the author has he is admittedly righty, he is moor Prison, Dartmoor, as every- | måde: most uncommon reading. one knows, was built to house- That the spirit of the prisoners, not allowed much credit. It is,
natura' tou- suficiently dugracefully, looked at | judging from their frequent insur, however, entirely ches like this which add to the from our day--French prisoners of gencies, does not at any time ap- favourable. | Interest of a book which can be war, but at the time of this story pear to have been broken we may
treatment thoroughly recommended to any
about 6,000 American seamen båd † thankfully take as a sort of nega- one prepared to read something been added to the company, the tive tribute to their captors which
but very unusual
result being a state of confusion the latter are badly in need of -- and hardship which must be read❘ "G.C."
It is als pleasant to note that the author is in favour of the
CAR RADIO FOR 1936
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Car radio is now firmly estab→ Hahed, and although there still no British car manufacturers who include the luxury as sind. ard equipment there are many firms who catalogue car radio as an extra.". Also, many cars are being sold with aerials already itted to avoid the necessity of partly dismantling the car should radio at the owner desire' car some time after the purchase of the car.
When car radio becomes even more popular it will, of course. be possible for the radio manu- facturers to design the sets expe- cially for each make of car, just as S. Smith and Sons do instru menta for some cars. By the time this happy state of affairs arKİVER the sets' will be mass produced on a larger scale than is possible to- day, and will consequently jess expensive. Until such a tima arrives the price must put car radio in the 'class of luxury equlp- ment.
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The demand for car radio is, however, rapidly increasing, espe- cially with motorists who for business reasons have to cover ong journeys alone. For these motorists there are many seta available, which can be Atted to the car with the minimum of in- convenience at one of the many specially equipped service at- tions,
For those motorists who own a car which does not already pos- 8c38 an aerial, mention should bu made of an aerial manufactured by Philips Lamps, Ltd, which is intended for fixing to the car chassis. This has the advant age that the rooting of the Lar
car radio receiver for 20 gns. Il is a seven-valve superhet which consumes. only 2.6 amps...from a 12-vo.t accumulator. The te ceiver is in a separate unit from the loud-speaker, and the controla are fixed to the steering column.. It tunes on both medium and leag wavelengths and does not require any suppressora on the sparking plugs of the car.
The makers of what is very widely considered to be the finest loud-speaker in the world, Baker Belhurst. recently placed on the market one of the few car radio receivers not employing a supre- bet circuit. This a four-valve set which uses a dry battery for H.T. current and consumes only i amp. at 12 volts. The whole receiver is
"J.H.J."
sar'sfying
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MOTOR JOTTINGS
SINGER REORGANISATION PILGRIMAGE TO
A scheme for the reorganisation of Binger and Co., Ltd., manu- facturers of Singer ears, is to be submitted to the shareholders. If it is sanctioned, the valve of the ordinary £1 shares will, first, be written down to. 12s. 6d. A two- seventhe deduction from the lat- ter value will then be made and transferred to the preference shareholders in return for their undertaking to waive any claims for dividends in arrear or to ac- crue before June 30th, 1936. The. reduced ordinary and preference share capital will then be con- verted into stock. The reorgan- isation will have to be, approved: by both class of shareholders and by the. Court.
OLYMPIA
Writer And The Пlustrator
Well, the annual pilgrimage round Olympla is becoming Kttle more complicaud "each year by the eagerness of many of the exhibitors to share in the disin- terested purity or heart with -which the tour is so notoriously conducted and to progress in company with the devoted coup.e with the twofold object o: help- fully pointing out to them aaz- thing of wildly humorous "nature on the other fellow's, ta---
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carried in one case measuring 161 PISTON RING SPECIALISTS hibit and equally drawing atten
1. by 84in. by 5in. It is a 7- markably efficient receiver at only €9 158.
The General Electric Company are, another famous firm to ma- ket car radio. Their receiver, which costs 19 gna,, consumes 4.5 amps, and is a Ave-valve super
The het giving a large output. receiver case, which also, contains
the loud-speaker, measures 15 in
During the last days of the Bhow period Wellworthy, Ltd.- famous for their piston rings- held their sales dinner at the Re- ataurant Frascati. Oxford Street, London, W.X It proved a most) cheerful evening under the guid
of their genial managing director, Mr. J. W. Howlett, who took the chair. Bomeone hun-
ance
by 7in. by Tin, and is suppliedred and fifty attended, the ob-
with a control box for fitting to the steering column and 19in, of connecting cable.
Price-Reduction-
The price of the Ekco car radio bas recently been reduced from 20 gns. to 15 gms. This receiver is intended for ntting to the glove box of the car and has a dial which is similar in appearance to the other dials on the dash of the car. It is a seven-valve super- het with
a most complete speel-
ject of the dinner being a social gathering, or dealers in Well- worthy products.
8in by Sin. by in, and the combined HT. and loud-speaker case 8in. by Sin. by in. It is a five-valve superhet with a sixt valve for the HT. current. In consumes 5 amps, at 12 volts.
The Lissen receiver is made ex- clusively, for Ford cars and is de-
does not have to be disturbed:fication, and is undoubtedly resigned to fit in the glove box. I
also it can be fitted to open sporta cary or drop-head coupes as erally as to a saloom,
p
Seven-valve Superhet This arm also manufacture, a
markably good value for money.
The name Marcim, of course, needs no introduction. Their re- ceiver costs 20 gas, and is in three units. The receiver measures
18 a re-valve superhet and tises an HT battery in order to keep the drain on the car battery down to 1.2 amps on the 6-volt accu, mulators fitted. It costs £10. B
tion away from anything that might possibly be twisted into misplaced fun on their owit
A SIMPLE 'DISGUISE ' Well this year the clever writer hit upon the expedicnt of còn- cealing himself beneath a new bat Imposing 1938 pattern, and with such success" that when he went to meet the lustrator at the rendezvous" the flu trator twice passed him by without re- cognition, and "Casque" touched his hat to him under the impres~: sion that he was some Important American nobleman whose name the had temporarily as escaped memory. Bo the writer had to introduce himself to two of his oldest friends, and the subject or keeping up appearances had a good start from the'r point of view. If not his, and he hur riedly, suggested, that the job of work was started forthwith, and that views of "Casque" on car appearances would be very in- teresting to himself and the lilus trator becante those views were usually trenchant, and d'dn't he say in 97 that all racing cars,
BIRMINGHAM. CENSUS RESULTS
The results of the road traffic census in Birmingham, which was taken for a week during August, reveal large increases compared with the previous census in 1931. The total number of mechanically Propelled vehicles increased by uver 28 per cent, cars advanced by 38 per cent... bicycles by over 95 per cent., but horse-drawn vehicles declined by 20 per cent. and motor cycles by 3 per cent.
should look "stark," which said it in one word.
After that all these were sur- prised to find that their reactions to the looks of the cars in the show were very much alike.. which was art to be quite pected when their angles of vision-start from totally different points, meaning "that the ikus- trator sees with" aesthetic percep- tion, the writer with two eyes in comfort and dignity, arid · the| racing driver with his whole soul on performance in all its phares. But it was not very long beforç all their arguments, when boiled down and consumed in the well- creamed coffee standing up. reached a mutual point of agree- ment, and they had to keep ask- ing each other what make was the car they were look ng at.
TRUE BLUE BRITONS This on the part of these-hard- balled enthusiasts and “pretty close followers of motoring. affords an illuminating comment on the appearance of the cars and proves : cars look, too much alike and in cases have far too much of the American style in the estimation of true blue Bri- tons not meaning that there is anything wrong with American, cars for American people, but that British came ought to look: British and much better, then any other cars the world; which a few of them do.
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