Abstract
THE report (Cd. 9036, price 9d. net) of the Committee appointed to inquire into the position of modern languages in the educational system of Great Britain, published shortly after that of the Committee on the position of natural science, which was summarised in NATURE of April 18, p. 135, was awaited with peculiar interest, it was expected to put new life into the modern sides of schools, so that modern language teaching should afford some gift which the study of languages can best provide. The questions really are: What is the part which the study of modern languages shall take in the creative life of the world, and what is its distinctive message? Without some high purpose the modern sides of schools must be dull and mechanical. We looked for inspiration, but have been disappointed. The members of the Committee are not themselves inspired with enthusiasm for the part that modern studies shall take—which the studies alone can take—in the uplifting of the world.
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