Euterpe; or, The future of artMcColvin, Lionel R. (Lionel Roy)
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Euterpe; or, The future of art
McColvin, Lionel R. (Lionel Roy)
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“A gem of close thinking and deduction.”--_Observer._ “A noteworthy
contribution to a problem of concern to every citizen in this
country.”--_Daily Chronicle._ “There is some lively thinking about
the future of war in _Paris_, just added to the set of live-wire
pamphlets on big subjects, called collectively ‘To-Day and
To-Morrow.’”--_Manchester Guardian._
=Hephaestus=, the Soul of the Machine. By E. E. FOURNIER D’ALBE, D.Sc.
Hephaestus is the god of fire, the incarnation of the machine age of
to-day. He is now master of the world. How this came about, what
will be the results of this increasing domination of our planet, is
the theme of the book.
=Thrasymachus=, the Future of Morals. By C. E. M. JOAD, author of
“Common-Sense Ethics,” etc.
A penetrating study of the herd, or conventional, morality of the
day, prophesying a Puritan revival in morals, with intolerance and
heresy-hunting. This will lead to the Americanization of England and
a great increase in irregular sexual relationships. In the end a new
religious revival is foreseen.
=Lycurgus=, or the Future of Law. By E. S. P. HAYNES, author of
“Concerning Solicitors,” etc.
An analysis of the present condition of Law in England, dealing with
legislation, the law-courts, criminal law, family law, land-laws,
costs, international law, individual liberty, and such subjects.
=Prometheus=, or Biology and the Advancement of Man. By H. S.
JENNINGS, Professor of Zoology, Johns Hopkins University.
A lucid summary of the recent striking advances in biological
knowledge, genetics, and the theory of evolution, with numerous
concrete illustrations. The conclusions are applied to the problem
of improvement in the human race.
=Timotheus=, the Future of the Theatre. By BONAMY DOBRÉE, author of
“Restoration Drama,” etc.
Traces the possible developments of the theatre, not only along
mechanical lines, but upon those which playwrights, actors, and
psychologists might achieve, were their idiosyncracies given scope.
The whole forms a comment on the theatre of to-day.
=Pygmalion=, or the Doctor of the Future. By R. MCNAIR WILSON, M.D.
The author foresees an evolution in the personality of the doctor,
who will become less of a scientist, more of a humanist, and use
every spiritual agency, as well as every practical measure, to
restore the human body and soul to health.
_READY SHORTLY_
=Cassandra=, or the Future of the British Empire. By F. C. S.
SCHILLER, D.Sc.
A penetrating analysis of the disruptive influences of work in the
Empire.
=Gallio=, or the Tyranny of Science. By J. W. N. SULLIVAN, author of
“A History of Mathematics.”
=Euterpe=, or the Future of Art. By LIONEL R. MCCOLVIN, author of
“The Theory of Book-Selection.”
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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