Abstract
THE little volume which Sir Oliver Lodge has written is of interest from more than one point of view. The author frankly confesses that he has “no pretension to be an historian”; and in the first section of his book he has borrowed from many authors in order to present a picture of “The Past.” The result is, to some extent, a patchwork; but the quotations are skilfully dovetailed into the text, so that the general effect is not so uncouth as might be feared. The second portion of the book, “The Present,” deals with problems such as those presented by aggressive and defensive wars, savagery, pacifism, material prosperity, and self-interest; and here the book has more direct bearing upon present-day affairs.
The War and After. Short Chapters on Subjects of Serious Practical Import for the Average Citizen in A.D. 1915 Onwards.
By Sir Oliver Lodge. Pp. xiii + 235. (London: Methuen and Co., Ltd., 1915.) Price 1s. net.
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The War and After Short Chapters on Subjects of Serious Practical Import for the Average Citizen in AD 1915 Onwards . Nature 96, 451–452 (1915). https://doi.org/10.1038/096451a0
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