Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 52 — page 135: what you’re looking at

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AUTHENTIC SCIENCE FICTION the future trends of science, and is of special interest for its prognostications about the role of science in world affairs in A.D. 2000. You'll like it very much. Rathbone Books (51a Rath- bone Place, London, W.1) have brought out the first two volumes in their series: ““The World in Pictures’”—and these are of the same high quality of production and content as the Adventure of the World (reviewed recently). They cost 4s. 6d. each and are worth at least twice that. We really cannot go high enough in our praise of the truly excellent full colour illustrations in MOUNTAIN AND VALLEYS and ICEBERGS AND JUNGLES. Here, in attractive, authoritative form, is the story of the Earth. Not geography or anything as limited as that, but something wider and of more importance that just hasn’t got a name. These books are eminently suitable for any age group and are part of the equipment of all educated (in the real sense of the word) people. They get the highest recommendation we can give. In PSYCHOLOGY FOR EVERY- MAN (Watts, 5 Johnson’s Court, London, E.C.4, 2s. 6s.) A. E. Mander has produced an excellent intro- duction to practical psycho- logy, though whether some of his ideas go beyond the prag- - matic is debatable. Neverthe- less, little can be said against his doctrine of the thirteen basic needs of mankind and the tangled mental lives that follow ungratification of those needs. The book is useless for those wishing to learn psy- chology as an academic sub- ject—it is not intended for that—but the fact that it has seen fourteen impressions since 1935, when it was first published, may be some indi- cation of its value in real life. Certainly it is well worth the modest price asked for it. Taking pictures underwater has often seemed to be a pastime that lacks definition. That is not the case with Pierre de Latil who has written THE UNDERWATER NATURALIST (Jarrolds, Strat- ford Place, London, W.1, l6s.). De -Latil dives and photographs in the aqueous medium with some purpose, and this account of his adven- tures in search and study of water life makes fascinating reading. The style and tech- nical level have an appealing simplicity without being naive. The story ranges over many 134 comicloooks.conn