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DCL

MANER

Distillers Company

EDINBURGH

GANDE,

Tel. Central No. 185,

"D. C. L."

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presses all over the world annually pour out books on all subjects in such numbers that no student.of any one subject 'can keep pace with them. A good drak has been done in recent years by the valu- able Subject Indexes of the British Museum, the London Library, and other institutions, but these subject indexes "are in a sense, automatic, for they only comprise the books which happen to be in the respective libraries; they are not selective, and may include the most use, leas, as well as the most useful books on Any or all of the many subject. enume- rated. Sonnenschein's "The Beat Books is a very useful guide, but it has its ob vions limitations, and no one book- ia competent to pass judgment taster on books of all kinds in many languages. The more the question of winnowing" the world's literature is considered the more difficult does it seem to thog'lay mind at least,

A move in the right direction has been recently made by Dr. Hagberg Wright, of the London Library, who has brought before the League of Nations at Genera a scheme for what he calls a "Sub-Com- mittee on Intellectual Co-operation." He proposes the publication, under the aus pices of the League of Nations, of a short annual List of books limited to 800 entries representing the best literature of the world. Dr. Wright contends that if the nations are to draw together into closer intellectual contact, such List would greatly help to that end, and that it is only by such a List that it will ever beccine possible to get acquainted with the thoughts and standpoints of a foreign country.

The List proposed by Dr. Wright would enable each country to place the books it considers best worth consultation and reading before the public of another country, and would enable that public not only to forin an opinion of its own, but also to obtain closer insight into the views current in other countries. Dr. Wright's proposal, which was unanimous- ly approved by the Committee on Intel lectual Co-operation, was as follows:-

1.-The List to be printed annually and not to exceed 600 books

-The countries forming the League of Nations to he invited to name a re presentative, preferably National Librar- ians, who can consult with experts or a representative body to draw up these Lista

3-Tine countries publishing 50,000 books and upwards to be allowed to time 40 books each, and so on in proportion," down to those publishing 3,000 books to be allowed to name tea book each.

4.-History, economics, political science, art, science, topography and travels and literature, theology and philosophy, and works of reference to be the subjects as to which it is desirable to be informed." 5-The List to be printed once a year on June 1st, and sold for 2s. 6d. to cover expenses.

6.-Lists to be sent in not later than March 1st in each year...

It will be seen that the scheme is one of many attractions. Many of the more obvious difficulties would doubtless dis- appear as time went on and as the Lists were published. The suggestion of National Librarians has this disadvan tage: that they receive the publications of their respective countries automati- cally, and that they are not practised in selection, but in most cases they would know of the best experts in all matters of knowledge in their own respective countries. In England, for instance, the Librarian of the Royal Society would probably be able to name the best Eng- lish scientific books published within the year; and the Librarians of other special libraries would be able to name the best books in their line of knowledge. It may be pointed out that there is a distinction between books which are likely to be of permanent value and books which illumi nate the position or opinion of the coun- try at the moment.. In politics and economics, which are perhaps the ab jects on which one nation is more likely to want information than another, it will be particularly difficult to secure impartiality.

There are other difficulties which might be mentioned. but most of these are not insurmountable and nearly all of them admit of solution. Dr. Hagberg Wright's scheme is at all events well worth trying, and it is certainly a good deal more practical than the Universal Biblio graphy contemplated by his French col leagues at the League of Nations

THE COST OF RHEUMATISM,

It appears (according to the drektives of Medical Hydrology) that in England and Wales alone there are more than 370,000 industrial workers socking relief | for rheumatic affections, exclusive of acute rheumatism. These figures Of course, take no account of the profes aionul and wealthier classes, who are re sponsible for their own treatment. The official return clearly signifies that the State insured population of adult workers is heavily burdened with rheumatic tros- bles, including (in the soft `-tinues) Sbrositis, lumbago, sciatica, and perine uritix, and in the joints and bones) periarthritis and osteoarthritis. It also signifies that there is a corresponding burden of rheumatic invalidity; involving a finance charge for sickncas and disable- ment benefit is probably £1,800,000 steri- ing per annum. The serious incidence upon health and upon industry of this most crippling group of diseases are be ginning, to be realised, not only in Eng- land but in other countries. It is about to form the subject of a special inquiry in Holland. Perhaps the people of northerly countries, with the damp, cold climates, are especially affected in

this matter.

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The Day of the Knight is Here !

IT IS THE

WILLYS KNIGHT

Simplest and most trouble-free type of motor ever invented.

It has the most distnctive and gracefully balanced body of any

in the market.

-The Willys-Knight car is the four cylinder motored car that makes the six

unnecessary,

The Knight motor is steam principle. The valves mo two-cylindrical aloween with rectangular slots or porta which when they register with each other and the porta in the block allow the ingress and egress of the geos without abstraction. Those wide open passages, particularly on the exhaust aide, permit a mere thorough cleaning of the burat gases from the combustion chamber than any other type of matar, so that every ounce of energy available is utilized from the explosive mixture, which gives us such tremendous power.

-It has no valve to grind and no carbon to clean.

The combustion chamber is completely sonunded by water and an alloy piston noted for its great hal radiating qualities is need so neither the combustion chamber nor the head of the piston gets hat enough to ba the residue from the exposed geass to form carbon, while there is still enough heat maintained to handle the explosive mixture effectively,

It is the only type of motor that improves with use.

While carbon can not form in the combustion chamber, still a certain amount of the regidus from the burnt gaacs works up behind the wide sling ring in the cylinder head and se this building in process obtains, it keeps pushing this scaling ring more tightly against the inner sleeve until it completely seals the compression akumbar developing more power with every mile the motor is drawari

It is the only type of motor that wears in while other wears out.

All parte in the Willys-Knight car are assembled with wide clearance between each other and oil in forced : into these clearances under houry pressure so that the entire assembly in lapping or wearing in on these heavy Alms of ail instead of wearing out. In other words, every bearing in this motor is an oil bearing instead of a meial to metal bearing which is necessary in the construction of a poppet valve motor in order to keep it quiet with busynent quick wear and noise."-

It has eliminated one hundred and sixty two quick wearing parts necessary in the operation of a cylindered poppet valve motor. There are no hammering parts such se cams sinking against push rods, push rods" against valve stema, by valve heads mapping back into their seals through the medram of heavy springs, eter

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Sole Distributors,

59-81, Des Voeux Road Central.

Telephone No. 977

Head Office: 1st floor, Telephone 1340.