Victor Gollancz Research Articles

Confucius and Modern China

Confucius and Modern China 82. Confucius and Modern China. By Reginald F. Johnston. 1934. (London: Victor Gollancz. 8vo. 272 pp. 8s. 6d.) P. J. P. J. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 14, Issue 2, March-April 1935, Pages 287–288, https://doi.org/10.2307/2602145 Published: 01 March 1935

The Autobiography of H. G. Wells

THIS an attempt on the part of the author A to trace the development of his own mind, and, as he sees them now, the social forces and personal characteristics conditioning the changes that ensued. Thus we are presented with a slab of social space-time, and the world-line H. G. Wells has traced out in it. We see the ineffectual draper's assistant blossoming forth as a serious-minded science student, the student as a competent journalist, and the journalist, through external stress and struggle and internal strife, into a literary innovator and a social force. The drudgery and degradation of living in, sow the seeds of rebellion and social discontent. A fleeting and not too academically successful passage through the Royal College of Science provides the quickening. The chrysalis unfolds and the grown Wells emerges, the literary and moral iconoclast, the pioneer of science for the common man, the dreamer of a World State. The autobiography is like a swelling orchestra; as each new instrument adds its part it gradually assumes the appearance of a fugue working up to its climax—the Modern Utopia, the New Republic, the League of Free Nations, the World State. Experiment in Autobiography: Discoveries and Conclusions of a Very Ordinary Brain (since 1866). By H. G. Wells. Vol. 2. Pp. viii + 417 840 + 11 plates. (London: Victor Gollancz, Ltd., and The Cresset Press, Ltd., 1934.) 10s. 6d. net.

Prevention of War

THE last word of evolution is this: The race A is not to the swift nor to the strong but to the wise.” With these words Dr. W. Langdon Brown closed an address on biology and politics in which he indicated certain general biological principles which bear on the political difficulties arising in the present conflict between nationalism and internationalism. Among the gravest needs of to-day is that of more intelligence in our national and international affairs, and anything which directs attention to this need is welcome. Nowhere is this more essential than in international affairs, both in our attitude to, and in thinking about, problems of world peace. Despite the quickening pulse of preparations for war during recent months, all the evidence goes to show that the general will to peace is much more conscious and decided than before the War, and there is no reason to question the sincerity of that desire. The growing danger of war is due mainly to lack of intelligent thinking about the problems involved, to a mental lethargy which refuses to face the full facts and to our tendency to desire two mutually inconsistent things. The Intelligent Man's Way to Prevent War. By Sir Norman Angell Prof. Gilbert Murray C. M. Lloyd C. R. Buxton Viscount Cecil W. Arnold-Forster Prof. Harold J. Laski. Edited by Leonard Woolf. Pp. 576. (London: Victor Gollancz, Ltd., 1933.) 5s. net.

The World in Modern Science: Matter and Quanta

“If we ignore the mathematics of physics, is there anything that remains? “So asks Prof. Einstein in his introduction to this brilliant little work, which supplies a convincing answer to the question. The introduction states that the book is neither a treatise nor a textbook, and gives no mathematical formulae or experimental details, but treats methodically and philosophically a restricted range of facts to enable the reader to appreciate and understand the limitless perspective and beauty of modern science. Actually the fundamental principles of physics are expounded in the simplest possible language with a wealth of apposite analogies and illustrations, so that the reader feels as if engaged in an absorbing novel. Under the chapter headings of methods of thought in physicsradiation, matter, the nuclei of atoms, matter and radiation, and modern quantum mechanicsall the main features of the picture of modern physics are presented in a co-ordinated and most up-to-date manner. The neutron and positron are treated as integral features in the exposition, and not as matter “received too late for classification”. One is, as it were, taken behind the scenes, and shown with the liberal help of genealogical type diagrams how theories have arisen, the contributions which they made, and how and why their limitations have caused them to be superseded by newer ideas. The more advanced reader will appreciate especially the final chapter in which separate but co-ordinated accounts of the lines of reasoning of de Broglie, Schrodinger, Heisenberg and Dirac are described with a simplicity of style which, under the restriction of excluding mathematics, could scarcely be excelled. The World in Modern Science: Matter and Quanta. By Leopold Infeld. Translated by Louis Infeld. Pp. 287. (London: Victor Gollancz, Ltd., 1934.) 5s. net.

Reviews of books

EUROPE The Scotland of Our Fathers. By Elizabeth S. Haldane. London : A. Maclehose and Co., 1933. Price 18s. 6d. net. Fifty Tears and More of Sport in Scotland. By the Duke of Portland. London : Faber and Faber, 1933. Price 21s. The Woodlands and Marshlands of England. By H. A. Wilcox. University Press of Liverpool; London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1933. Price 6s. The Face of Scotland. By Harry Batsford and Charles Fry. London : B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1933. Price 7s. 6d. net. The Charm of Brittany. By R. A. J. Walling. London : George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1933. Price 7s. 6d. Poland. By Roman Dyboski. London : Ernest Benn Ltd, 1933. Price 21s. Rumania : Its History, Politics and Economics. By George Glenton Logio Manchester : Sherratt and Hughes, 1932. Price 5s. Belgium : The Land and its People. By Clive Holland. London : Herbert Jenkins Ltd., 1933. Price 5s. Pavements and Peaks. By Anthony Bertram. London : Chapman and Hall Ltd., 1933. Price 7s. 6d. AFRICA My Farm in Lion Country. By Joyce Boyd. London : Hurst and Blackett Ltd., 1933. Price 12s. 6d. AMERICA The Explorers of North America, 1492–1806. By J. B. Brebner. London : A. and C. Black Ltd., 1933. Price 18s. Land of Feast and Famine. By Helge Ingstad. London : Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1933. Price 16s. From Pacific to Atlantic: South American Studies. By Kenneth G. Grubb. London : Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1933. Price 10s. 6d. True North. By Elliott Merrick. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. Price 10s. 6d. AUSTRALASIA Gold Dust and Ashes. By Ion L. Idriess. Sydney : Angus and Robertson, 1933. Price 6s. GENERAL Light on the Dark Continent. By Garveth Wells. London : Jarrolds Ltd., 1933. Price 16s. The Horse and the Sword. By Harold Peake and H. J. Fleure. London : Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1933. Price 5s. The Problem of Disarmament. Edited by R. Schmidt and A. Grabowsky. Berlin : Carl Heymanns Verlag, 1933. N.p. Nansen of Norway. By C. Turley. London : Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1933. Price 5s. Voyage of the “ Parma.” By A. J. Villiers. London : Geoffrey Bles, 1933. Price 25s. Come Easy, Go Easy. By Arthur Mason. London : Jonathan Cape, 1933. Price 7s. 6d. Far Vistas. By Sir Percival Phillips. London : Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1933. Price 12s. 6d. Round the World to Freedom. By Major Paul Stoffa. London : John Lane (The Bodley Head) Ltd., 1933. Price 7s. 6d. Seaplane Solo. By Francis C. Ghighester. London : Faber and Faber, 1933. Price 10s. 6d. Thames to Tahiti. By Sidney Howard. London : George Bell and Sons Ltd., 1933. Price 10s. 6d. Scamper Tour to Rhodesia and South Africa. By Mrs. Maude Speed. London : Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 1933. Price 7s. 6d. Trade Winds. By Louis Kornitzer. London : Geoffrey Bles, 1933. Price 10s. 6d. Historical Geology. By Raymond C. Moore. New York : McGraw‐Hill Book Co. Inc., 1933. Price 24s. A Political Geography of the British Empire. By C. B. Fawcett, B.Litt., D.Sc. London: University of London Press, 1933. Price 18s. EDUCATIONAL Economic and Social Geography. By Ellsworth Huntington, Frank E. Williams and Samuel van Valkenburg. New York and London : John Wiley and Sons, 1933. Price 23s. The Story Atlas. Edited by John Stirling. London : Ivor Nicholson and Watson, n.d. Price 31s. 6d. Our World To‐day. By W. R. Kermack. Edinburgh : W. and A. K. Johnston Ltd., 1933. Price 2s. 6d. This Land of Ours. By Wm. Platt. London : George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1933. Price 2s.

THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL OUTLOOK: The Intelligent Man's Guide Through World Chaos

Public AdministrationVolume 10, Issue 4 p. 422-442 THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL OUTLOOK: The Intelligent Man's Guide Through World Chaos G. D. H. Cole, Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.) Price 5s.Search for more papers by this author G. D. H. Cole, Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.) Price 5s.Search for more papers by this author First published: October 1932 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.1932.tb01863.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume10, Issue4October 1932Pages 422-442 RelatedInformation

An Outline for Boys and Girls and their Parents

IF the plethora of encyclopaedic outlines published during the past decade is a welcome indication of a growing demand for scientific knowledge, it is doubtful whether it shows a widespread understanding of what the scientific outlook is. It is still more doubtful whether many of their authors are capable of communicating the scientific outlook in the way which Kelvin, Tyndall and some of the foremost expositors of the nineteenth century attempted to do. The prevailing fashion in scientific exposition is to conduct a Cook's tour round the outer and most thinly peopled fringe of the universe of science, leaving the holiday-maker in complete ignorance of the populous cities and well charted roads of the older countries. The practice of doing so has partly arisen because scientific writers who are in a muddle themselves find it helpful to explain their difficulties to a sympathetic and appreciative, if somewhat bewildered, audience. The audience knowing nothing of the vast territory of experimental knowledge which lies behind the proliferation of contemporary hypotheses is fitly impressed. The man of science takes the place of the priest and the successful magician. Kelvin's way was different. His addresses are no spectacular display of the latest and least digested marvels of science. He could be content to select a few of the more homely and firmly established truths of science, leading his audience up to the table and showing them that there is a real rabbit in a quite ordinary hat. As all conjurers know, mystification is more remunerative than straightforward explanation. Publishers have discovered the same truth. For those who enjoy the thrill of being mystified Mrs. Mitchison's collection of contributions from twenty-three authors will provide a powerful magic. An Outline for Boys and Girls and their Parents. Edited by Naomi Mitchison. Pp. xi + 916. (London: Victor Gollancz, Ltd., 1932.) 8s. 6d. net.

Reviews. A New Summary of Knowledge

THE publishers of this new composite book by twenty-two able and well-informed writers are fully justified for part of the large claim they make for it as the “cheapest book of our generation” and the “most remarkable event in publishing history”. It contains, in just over a thousand pages, twenty-four essays on different branches of knowledge by acknowledged experts, and it offers the whole in a volume little larger than a new novel and at only a shilling more. Its production is welcome evidence, like so many similar popular series, that there is an increasing appetite abroad for something more than mere amusement or sensation, and we believe that the statistics of public libraries are beginning to tell the same tale. It is evident also that no reviewer, however conscientious, could hope to give an adequate account, much less a judgment, on so varied a menu served up by chefs each of them far more accomplished in his own branch than himself. The most that can be done is to give a general idea, noting outstanding excellences, and then to qualify—as is also necessary—the impression that might be created by the publishers' notice. An Outline of Modern Knowledge. Dr. William Rose. Pp. xv + 1103. (London: Victor Gollancz, Ltd., 1931.) 8s. 6d. net.

The kangchenjunga adventure. By F. S. Smythe, London. (Victor Gollancz, Ltd.) 1930. Pp. 464. Illus

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological SocietyVolume 57, Issue 239 p. 241-241 Review The kangchenjunga adventure. By F. S. Smythe, London. (Victor Gollancz, Ltd.) 1930. Pp. 464. Illus First published: April 1931 https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.49705723915AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume57, Issue239April 1931Pages 241-241 RelatedInformation

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Abstract EUROPE. Scotland: The Ancient Kingdom. By Donald A. Mackenzie. London: Blackie and Son Ltd., 1930. Price 15s. The Arrow of Glenlyon: The Life of Alasdair Macgregor of Glenstrae. By A. A. W. Ramsay, M.A., Phil.D. London: John Murray, 1930. Price 6s. Hill Birds of Scotland. By Seton Gordon, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. London: Edward Arnold and Co. Ltd., 1930. Price 7s. 6d. Let's See the Lowlands. By A. A. Thomson. London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd., 1930. Price 7s. 6d. Holidays in Sweden. By J. B. Philip, M.A. London: Skeffington and Son Ltd. Price 6s. Green Fields of England: a Booh of Footpath Travels. By Clare Cameron. With nine drawings in pencil by Edmond L. Warre. London: Constable and Co. Ltd., 1930. Price 12s. 6d. Tyrol under the Axe of Italian Fascism. By Dr. Eduard Reut‐Nicolussi. Translated by K. L. Montgomery. London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1930. Price 12s. 6d. Paris. By Moma Clarke. London: The Medici Society, n.d. Price 7s. 6d. The Country round Paris. By Edmond Pilon. London: The Medici Society, n.d. Price 7s. 6d. A Guide to French Fêtes. By E. I. Robson. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1930. Price 7s. 6d. Down the Tiber and Up to Rome. By H. D. Eberlein, G. J. Marks, and F. A. Wallis. London: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1930. Price 15s. Across Iceland: The Land of Frost and Fire. By Olive Murray Chapman. London: John Lane (The Bodley Head Ltd.), 1930. Price 15s. The Balkan Road. By Archibald Lyall. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1930. Price 12s. 6d. Corsica the Beautiful. By Major A. Radclyffe Dugmore, F.R.G.S. London: Hurst and Blackett, n.d. Price 18s. ASIA. Moscow Unmasked. By Joseph Douillet. London: The Pilot Press, 1930. Price 8s. 6d. Red Star in Samarkand. By Anna Louise Strong. London: Williams and Norgate Ltd., 1930. Price 15s. Plant Collecting on the Edge of the World. By F. Kingdon Ward. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1930. Price 21s. Four Months’ Camping in the Himalayas. By Dr. W. G. N. Van Der Sleen. Translated by M. W. Hoper. London: Philip Allan and Co. Ltd., 1929. Price 21s. Arabian Peak and Desert: Travels in Al‐Yaman. By Ameen Rihani. London: Constable and Co. Ltd., 1930. Price 21s. Arabia. By H. St. J. B. Philby. London: Ernest Benn Ltd., 1930. Price 18s. The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate: Mesopotamia, Persia, and Central Asia, from the Moslem Conquest to the Time of Timur. By G. Le Strange. Cambridge: University Press, 1930. Price 21s. Crusader's Coast. By Edward Thompson. London: Ernest Benn Ltd., 1929. Price 10s. 6d. net. Turkey and Syria Reborn. By Harold Armstrong. London: John Lane (The Bodley Head Ltd.), 1930. Price 15s. net. The Assyrians and their Neighbours. By the Rev. W. A. Wigram. London: G. Bell and Sons Ltd., 1929. Price 15s. net. AFRICA. Mysterious Sahara. By Count Byron Khun de Prorok, F.R.G.S. London: John Murray, 1930. Price 21s. net. Sudan Sand: Filming the Baggara Tribes. By Stella Court Treatt, F.R.G.S. London: George Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1930. Price 15s. net. AMERICA. In the Shadow of the Rockies. By C. M. MacInnes, M.A. London: Rivington and Co., 1930. Price 18s. Amazon and Andes. By Kenneth G. Grubb. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1930. Price 18s. South America. By Clarence F. Jones. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1930. Price $6. Jorullo: The History of the Volcano of Jorullo and the Reclamation of the Devastated District by Plants and Animals. By Hans Gadow, F.R.S. London: Cambridge University Press, 1930. Price 7s. 6d. AUSTRALASIA. Isles of Adventure. By Beatrice Grimshaw. London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd., 1930. Price 15s. net. OCEANIA. The Pacific Basin. By Gordon L. Wood. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1930. Price 10s. GENERAL. The Ancient Explorers. By M. Caey, D.Litt., and E. H. Warmington, M.A. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1930. Price 12s. 6d. The Long Trek. By Richard L. Sutton. London: Henry Kimpton, 1930. Price 21s. Wind and Water. By Manfred Curry. London: Country Life Ltd., 1930. Price 25s. A Vagabond Journey round the World. By Harry A. Franck. New York: The Century Company. Price $4. Tinker, Tailor_____: Being an Account of a Journey round the World for a Wager. By “Greenhorn.” London: John Lane (The Bodley Head Ltd.), 1930. Price 8s. 6d. The Voyages of the Cabots and the English Discoveries of North America under Henry VII. and Henry VIII. By James A. Williamson, D.Litt. Illustrated with thirteen Maps. London: The Argonaut Press, 1929. Price 38s. EDUCATIONAL. The Geographical Interpretation of Topographical Maps, including an Atlas separately bound. By Alice Garnett, B.A. London: George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1930. Price 7s. 6d. ‐Atlas 5s.

Reviews of Books

Abstract Abstract Open House in Flanders, 1914–18. Dominion Autonomy in Practice. By A. B. Keith, D.C.L., D.Litt. (Oxford University Press). 58. Britain and the Baltic. By E. W. Polson Newman, B.A., F.R.G.S. (London: Methuen & Co.) 1930. Price 10s. 6d. Tromp's Journal, 1639. By C. R. Boxer. (Cambridge University Press). 21s. The Loss of the “Hampshire.” By A Survivor—W. C. Phillips, late Chief Shipwright. (Hepworth & Co., Ltd., Tunbridge Wells). 1s. 6d. The Ayesha—A great A great Adventure. By Kapitanleutnant Hellmuth von Mücke. (Philip Allan & Co., Ltd.) 7s. 6d. net. History of the British Army. Vol. XIII. By the Hon. J. W. Fortescue, LL.D., D. Litt. With a separate Volume of Maps. (Macmillan). 40s. Sherman. The Genius of the Civil War. By B. H. Liddell Hart. (Ernest Benn, Ltd.) 21s Marlborough. The Portrait of a Conqueror. By Donald Barr Chidsey (John Murray). 15s. L'Infanterie Sacrifiée. By General Arthur Boucher. (Paris: Berger-Levrault). 10 francs. The Cavalry went through. By Bernard Newman. (London: Victor Gollancz.) 1930. 7s. 6d. Notes on Appreciations, Instructions, Operation Orders and Message Writing (with examples). By Major O. G. Body, D.S.O., R.A., p.s.c. (London: Hugh Rees, Ltd.) 1930 Historical Illustrations to Field Service Regulations, “Operations,” 1929. By Major H. G. Eady, M.C., R.E., p.s.c. With a foreword by Field-Marshal Sir George Milne, G.C.B. (London: Sifton Praed & Co.) 1930. 10s. 6d. A Short History of The Royal Army Medical Corps. By Colonel Fred. Smith, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., R.A.M.C. (Retired Pay). (Gale & Polden). Price 1s. 6d. Memories of the Artists' Rifles. By Colonel H. A. R. May, C.B., V.D. (Howlett & Son, London). 10s. History of The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in the Great War: 1914–1918. By Lieut.-Colonel Reginald C. Bond, D.S.O. With 13 Illustrations and 14 Maps. Volume III. (London: Percy Lund, Humphries & Co., Ltd.) 1930. History of the 1st Sikh Infantry. (Madras: The Diocesan Press, Vepery) 1929. The Regimental History of the 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles (from April, 1815, to December, 1927). Edited by Major-General Nigel G. Woodyatt, C.B., C.I.E., Colonel 7th Gurkhas. (London: (Philip Allan & Co.) 1929. The History of the King's Regiment (Liverpool, 1914–1919. By Everard Wyrall. Volume II, 1916–1917. (London: Edward Arnold & Co.) 1930. 7s. 6d. Aviation Year Book. By Charles E. Lee. (Sampson Low). 5s.

REVIEWS

Book reviews in this Article: A History of Ancient Coinage, 700–300 b.c. By Percy Gardner The Land of the Two Rivers. By Edwyn Bevan. An Introduction to Early Church History: Being a Survey of the Relations of Christianity and Paganism in the Early Roman Empire. By R. Martin Pope The Lausiac History of Palladius. Translated from the Greek by the Rev. W. K. L. Clarke. Social Life in Britain from the Conquest to the Reformation. Compiled by G. C. Coulton. Protestantism in Germany. By Kerr D. MacMillan France: The Nation and its Development. By W. H. Hudson. Harrap. A Short History of France. By Mary Duclaux (Mary F. Robinson). T. Fisher Unwin. 10s. 6d. A Short History of France. By Victor Duruy. La Corruption parlementaire sous la Terreur: Etudes Robespierristes. Par Albert Mathiez. French Policy and the American Alliance of 1778. By E. S. Corwin A Survey of International Relations between the United States and Germany, 1914‐1917. By J. B. Scott. Evolution of the Dominion of Canada, its Government and its Politics. By E. Porritt. American World Policies. By Walter E. Wkyl. The English‐speaking Peoples. By Gkohoe Louis Beer. Political Education at a Public School. By Victor Gollancz and David Somervell. Education for Liberty. By Kenneth Richmond.