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...WORLD'S BODY-John Crowe Ransom-Scribner...
...become almost as obscure as the poems, and generally duller. And they usually conclude, sometimes with a feeling that they may be missing something, but more often with a conviction that they are not, that contemporary poetry is a doubtful contribution to the world they know. John Crowe Ransom's The World's Body is not a primer of poetry, but it contains one of the clearest explanations of the obscurity of contemporary verse which has been written, along with discussions that will whet a reader's appetite for poetry as much as mere prose...
...Evolution of Physics" costs fifty cents more than that amount and is worth to the reader a king's ransom, if there could be valued in money the stimulation and pleasure of a journey in pure reason toward an understanding of matter and space. It is not an easy book to read. Though mathematical formulae are completely left out and the words are short and there are many illustrations and metaphors, the subject matter is inherently difficult. Einstein, of course, can be expected to understand his own theory more clearly than any of his popularizers, and much more clearly than...
...businessmen's conference in February, Franklin Roosevelt appointed Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. head of a committee to study the problem and prepare a program for its solution. The committee: James Roosevelt, SEC Chairman William O. Douglas, RFC Chairman Jesse H. Jones, and Vice Chairman Ronald Ransom of the Federal Reserve Board...
...Scotches manage between drinks to solve a kidnapping, a shooting and a poisoning on a Florida estate. In spots very funny; very, very tough throughout. Readers with weak stomachs had better not apply. A condensed version appeared serially in Collier's under the title A Queen's Ransom...