The Library

2nd World War, Volume VI—Winston S. Churchill. Interpretation of Music—Thurston Dart. South East Asia—Dobby. Geographical Regions of France—F. de Martonne. The Tropical World—Pierre Gourou. Romane and Gedichte—Theodor Fontane. Zauberspiegel—E. T. A. Hoffmann. Life on other worlds—H. S. Jones. The British Isles (Revised)—L. Dudley Stamp. The Fortunes of Faust—E. M. Butler. Principles of Electronics—Buckingham and Price. Old Vic Prefaces—Hunt. Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases (Replacement)—Roget. Europe in the 19th and 20th Centuries—Grant and Temperley. Concise Dictionary of National Biography—G. Smith. Geography of Towns—Smailes. Our Undeveloped World—L. Dudley Stamp. From an Antique Land—Julian Huxley. Physical Geography and Climatology—Horrocks. Ports and Harbours—F. W. Morgan. Climates of the Continents—W. G. Kendrew. The Restless Atmosphere—F. K. Hare. Observers' Handbook—H.M.S.O. Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Words—Flood and West. Signposts in German Literature—K. A. Southwell. Warren Hastings—Keith Jeiling. P.G.T.

THE CURIA

Examinations prevented our meeting until after Friday, the 2nd July, but we did have a preliminary meeting at the beginning of term to decide what our activities should be in the limited time of the last few weeks. Visits from various personages were suggested, and letters were subsequently sent to the Mayor of Dijon, who visited York during the Festival, and to Miss Edith Sitwell. His eminence concluded his reply "avec tous mes plus sinceres regrets"; but no reply was received from Miss Sitwell. We have, however, not been .entirely defrauded of a view of this eminent lady, as we have seen photographs in the various local newspapers, and we are well satisfied.

In spite of the initial failure of our invitations we were lucky to have a visit from Mr. Wilmot on Friday, the 9th July. Mr. Wilmot's talk was entitled "Before Written History", and it dealt mainly with the methods of co-ordinating reliable evidence in order to piece together the early stages of civilisation. The many questions we asked are a measure of the success of this lecture, which was suitably ended with light refreshments, kindly arranged by the Domestic Bursar.