Rusticus : $b or, The future of the countrysideBriggs, Martin S. (Martin Shaw)
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Rusticus : $b or, The future of the countryside
Briggs, Martin S. (Martin Shaw)
Country life -- Great Britain; Great Britain -- Economic conditions; Land use, Rural -- Great Britain
“They are all (_Daedalus_, _Icarus_, and _Tantalus_) brilliantly
clever, and they supplement or correct one another.”--_Dean
Inge_, in _Morning Post_. “Immensely valuable and infinitely
readable.”--_Daily News._ “The book of the week.”--S_pectator._
=Cassandra=, or the Future of the British Empire. By F. C. S.
SCHILLER, D.SC.
“We commend it to the complacent of all parties.”--_Saturday
Review._ “The book is small, but very, very weighty; brilliantly
written, it ought to be read by all shades of politicians and
students of politics.”--_Yorkshire Post._ “Yet another addition to
that bright constellation of pamphlets.”--_Spectator._
=Quo Vadimus?= Glimpses of the Future. By E. E. FOURNIER D’ALBE,
D.SC., author of “Selenium, the Moon Element,” etc.
“A wonderful vision of the future. A book that will be talked
about.”--_Daily Graphic._ “A remarkable contribution to a
remarkable series.”--_Manchester Dispatch._ “Interesting and
singularly plausible.”--_Daily Telegraph._
=Thrasymachus=, the Future of Morals. By C. E. M. JOAD, author of
“The Babbitt Warren,” etc. _Second impression._
“His provocative book.”--_Graphic._ “Written in a style of
deliberate brilliance.”--_Times Literary Supplement._ “As outspoken
and unequivocal, a contribution as could well be imagined.
Even those readers who dissent will be forced to recognize the
admirable clarity with which he states his case. A book that will
startle.”--_Daily Chronicle._
=Lysistrata=, or Woman’s Future and Future Woman. By ANTHONY M.
LUDOVICI, author of “A Defence of Aristocracy,” etc. _Second
Impression._
“A stimulating book. Volumes would be needed to deal, in the
fullness his work provokes, with all the problems raised.”--_Sunday
Times._ “Pro-feminine, but anti-feministic.”--_Scotsman._ “Full of
brilliant common-sense.”--_Observer._
=Hypatia=, or Woman and Knowledge. By MRS. BERTRAND RUSSELL. With a
frontispiece. _Third impression._
An answer to _Lysistrata_. “A passionate vindication of the rights
of women.”--_Manchester Guardian._ “Says a number of things
that sensible women have been wanting publicly said for a long
time.”--_Daily Herald._
=Hephaestus=, the Soul of the Machine. By E. E. FOURNIER D’ALBE, D.SC.
“A worthy contribution to this interesting series. A delightful
and thought-provoking essay.”--_Birmingham Post._ “There is a
special pleasure in meeting with a book like _Hephaestus_. The
author has the merit of really understanding what he is talking
about.”--_Engineering._ “An exceedingly clever defence of
machinery.”--_Architects’ Journal._
=The Passing of the Phantoms=: a Study of Evolutionary Psychology and
Morals. By C. J. PATTEN, Professor of Anatomy, Sheffield University.
With 4 Plates.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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