“A book on music that we can read not merely once, but twice or thrice. Mr. Turner has given us some of the finest thinking upon Beethoven that I have ever met with.”—Ernest Newman in Sunday Times. “A brilliant essay in contemporary philosophy.”—Outlook. “The fruit of real knowledge and understanding.”—New Statesman.
Terpander, or Music and the Future. By E. J. Dent, author of “Mozart’s Operas.”
“In Orpheus Mr. Turner made a brilliant voyage in search of first principles. Mr. Dent’s book is a skilful review of the development of music. It is the most succinct and stimulating essay on music I have found....”—Musical News. “Remarkably able and stimulating.”—Times Literary Supplement. “There is hardly another critic alive who could sum up contemporary tendencies so neatly.”—Spectator.
Sibylla, or the Revival of Prophecy. By C. A. Mace, University of St. Andrew’s.
“An entertaining and instructive pamphlet.”—Morning Post. “Places a nightmare before us very ably and wittily.”—Spectator. “Passages in it are excellent satire, but on the whole Mr. Mace’s speculations may be taken as a trustworthy guide ... to modern scientific thought.”—Birmingham Post.
Lucullus, or the Food of the Future. By Olga Hartley and Mrs. C. F. Leyel, authors of ‘The Gentle Art of Cookery.’
“This is a clever and witty little volume in an entertaining series, and it makes enchanting reading.”—Times Literary Supplement. “Opens with a brilliant picture of modern man, living in a vacuum-cleaned, steam-heated, credit-furnished suburban mansion ‘with a wolf in the basement’—the wolf of hunger. This banquet of epigrams.”—Spectator.
Procrustes, or the Future of English Education. By M. Alderton Pink.
“Undoubtedly he makes out a very good case.”—Daily Herald. “This interesting addition to the series.”—Times Educational Supplement. “Intends to be challenging and succeeds in being so. All fit readers will find it stimulating.”—Northern Echo.
The Future of Futurism. By John Rodker.