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Promoter of Pygmalion

by Stephen Watts

The Living Age, May 1, 1939, pp. 245-246

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    Issues of Jan.-Mar. 1939 = 3 Issues, 82 Articles
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      January 1939 Issue = 28 Articles
      1. The World Over, pp. 393-399
      2. France Moves Right, pp. 400-402
      3. A Pyrrhic Victory by Leon Joubaux, pp. 403-405
      4. What Science Means to Us by Richard Aldington, pp. 406-409
      5. Render unto Caesar by Roberto Farinacci, pp. 410-412
      6. The Empire of Hunger, p. 413
      7. Munich Drama: Act II, pp. 414-417
      8. Poland---Next Dish on the Menu , p. 418
      9. Dark Hours in Slovakia , pp. 419-421
      10. Russia's Window on the West by Vitalis Pantenburg, pp. 422-426
      11. The Confidante by Irene Nemirovsky, pp. 427-433
      12. Persons and Personages by Raymond Cartier, p. 434
      13. Don Quixote of Antwerp by Arved Arenstam, pp. 435-437
      14. W.B. Yeats---Ireland's Grand Old Man by L.A.G. Strong, pp. 438-440
      15. Democracy Under Fire by Robert Aron, pp. 441-444
      16. Britain's Vanishing Armada by Sir Archibald Hurd, pp. 445-448
      17. African ABC by Lord Hailey, pp. 449-451
      18. A Colonial Views with Alarm by Vernon Barber, pp. 452-455
      19. People of the Hadhramaut by Freya Stark, pp. 456-459
      20. Miscellany, p. 460
      21. Power House in the Arctic by Karl Kuhne, pp. 461-462
      22. Sharks Permitting by Robert Gibbings, pp. 463-466
      23. The American Scene, pp. 467-470
      24. Letters and the Arts, pp. 471-475
      25. As Others See Us, pp. 476-477
      26. Notes and Comments, pp. 478-479
      27. Books Abroad, pp. 480-484
      28. Our Own Bookshelf, pp. 485-492
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      February 1939 Issue = 26 Articles
      1. The World Over, pp. 493-499
      2. Spotlight on Mussolini by Emil Ludwig, pp. 500-503
      3. Dialogue on the Thames , pp. 504-506
      4. Tunisia! Tunisia! by Bernard Simionesco, pp. 507-510
      5. Spain Is Weary by K.S. Robson, pp. 511-516
      6. The Queer Heart by Elizabeth Bowen, pp. 517-523
      7. Uneconomic Mobilization by Hjalmar Schacht, pp. 524-525
      8. The Sword on the Scales by Jean Rives, pp. 526-528
      9. Experiment in Happiness by C.E.M. Joad, pp. 529-531
      10. Britain Reacts to Chamberlain, p. 532
      11. Persons and Personages by S.F., pp. 533-534
      12. The Tunisian Henlein by Pierre Labey, pp. 535-536
      13. Portrait of a Surrealist , pp. 537-538
      14. Hitler's New Horizon by Henry Barde, pp. 539-544
      15. Ultimate Ukraine by Stephen Spender, pp. 545-548
      16. Japan versus Britain by H.G.W. Woodhead, pp. 549-551
      17. Japan Expects by Itsuki Onishi, pp. 552-555
      18. In the Celtic Twilight by Walter Starkie, pp. 556-560
      19. Miscellany by Peter Freuchen, pp. 561-562
      20. The Kreuger Saga , pp. 563-564
      21. The Rising Tide of Treason , pp. 565-567
      22. The American Scene, pp. 568-571
      23. Notes and Comments, pp. 572-573
      24. Letters and the Arts, pp. 574-577
      25. Books Abroad, pp. 578-582
      26. Our Own Bookshelf, pp. 583-586
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      March 1939 Issue = 28 Articles
      1. The World Over, pp. 1-7
      2. Democracy at Odds by Sir Stafford Cripps, pp. 8-12
      3. Pre-Fascist France by Jacques Madaule, pp. 13-16
      4. The White Scourge by Karel Capek, pp. 17-25
      5. Blood Royal by J.B.S. Haldane, pp. 26-31
      6. The German Scene, p. 32
      7. The Gentle Art of Spying by Margreth Illing, pp. 33-34
      8. Non-Aryan without a Complex by Carl Zuckmayer, pp. 35-36
      9. Fascism Circles the World, p. 37
      10. Sidelights on the Orient by Willard Price, pp. 38-40
      11. Japan Turns the Screws , pp. 41-42
      12. Persons and Personages by E.M., pp. 43-45
      13. Mussolini's Bloodhound by Edmond Demaitre, pp. 46-48
      14. Arthur Honegger by Paul Stefan, pp. 49-50
      15. Horseplay by Marghanita Laski, pp. 51-55
      16. The Cross and the Swastika by Gunther Buxbaum, pp. 56-60
      17. Near East by Arthur Merton, pp. 61-64
      18. Arabs Meet by Night by Erich Gottgetreu, pp. 65-66
      19. Egypt on the Alert by Georges Meyer, pp. 67-68
      20. Russia Looks for a Bargain by W.J., pp. 69-71
      21. Miscellany by George Denk, pp. 72-73
      22. Oh to Be a Gypsy! , p. 74
      23. 'Buy Britisch' by Harold Bates, pp. 75-77
      24. The American Scene, pp. 78-81
      25. Notes and Comments, pp. 82-83
      26. Letters and the Arts, pp. 84-87
      27. Books Abroad, pp. 88-92
      28. Our Own Bookshelf, pp. 93-100
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      April 1939 Issue = 26 Articles
      1. The World Over, pp. 101-108
      2. Hippogriff to Italy by Wickham Steed, pp. 109-112
      3. Voices from the Colonies by Frank C. Hanighen, pp. 113-116
      4. Letter from the Cameroons , pp. 117-118
      5. Mars Rules the Air Waves by Jacques Meegeren, pp. 119-122
      6. Oriental Panorama by Rabindranath Tagore and Yone Noguchi, pp. 123-128
      7. Westward the Course of China by W.H. Donald, pp. 129-130
      8. Land of White Elephants , pp. 131-135
      9. Requim to a Worker by Libby Benedici, pp. 136-139
      10. Persons and Personages by Jean Tharaud and Jerome Tharaud, pp. 140-141
      11. Men Whom Hitler Obeys , pp. 142-144
      12. Bourbon Monarch: Modern Style , pp. 145-147
      13. Britain, What of the Night? by Andre Siegfried, pp. 148-150
      14. German Undercurrents by Joseph Goebbels, pp. 151-152
      15. Hands Off Science! by Ferdinand Sauerbruch, p. 153
      16. Twentieth Century Ghetto , pp. 154-160
      17. Hsiao-Hsiao by Shen Ch'ung-wen, pp. 161-167
      18. New Ottoman Empire by Sarkis Megherian, pp. 168-171
      19. Miscellany by Keith Rogers, pp. 172-174
      20. As Nostradamus Saw Us by L. de Gerin-Ricard, pp. 175-176
      21. Swords of the Samurai by Kunetsugu Makita, pp. 177-179
      22. The American Scene, pp. 180-183
      23. Notes and Comments, pp. 184-185
      24. Letters and the Arts, pp. 186-189
      25. Books Abroad, pp. 190-195
      26. Our Own Bookshelf, pp. 196-200
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      May 1939 Issue = 28 Articles
      1. The World Over, pp. 201-207
      2. South of the Danube by Stoyan Christowe, pp. 208-210
      3. Sparta Triumphant by C. Vassilikos, pp. 211-214
      4. Fiasco in Britain by L.M., pp. 215-217
      5. Deutschland Uber Alles (A Map), pp. 218-219
      6. Hope, Faith, Charity by Henry Bellamy, pp. 220-224
      7. Safe as the Bank of England by Montagu Norman, pp. 225-227
      8. The Reich's Invisible Tax by Anthony Mann, pp. 228-231
      9. Britannia's Stepchildren by George Edinger, pp. 232-234
      10. Small Rations in Newfoundland by Thomas Lodge, pp. 235-237
      11. Yes, I'm Going Away by Bertolt Brecht, pp. 238-242
      12. Persons and Personages by Alberto Cianca, pp. 243-244
      13. Promoter of Pygmalion by Stephen Watts, pp. 245-246
      14. Hitler's Czech Understudy by Douglas Reed, pp. 247-249
      15. In the Holy Land by Lady Tegart, pp. 250-253
      16. Britain Loses a Friend by Rudolf Olden, pp. 254-256
      17. The Frappel Pass by Lucien Maulvault, pp. 257-263
      18. Far Eastern Symposium by Toshiye Obama, pp. 264-266
      19. China, Left or Right by Freda Utley, pp. 267-269
      20. French Fear for Indo-China by John C. le Clair, pp. 270-273
      21. From the North Sea to the Baltic by Muriel Harris, pp. 274-275
      22. Unwilling Baltic Entente , pp. 276-277
      23. The Soviets Fight Gigantomania by M. Rubenstein, pp. 278-279
      24. The American Scene, pp. 280-283
      25. Notes and Comments, pp. 284-285
      26. Letters and the Arts, pp. 286-289
      27. Books Abroad, pp. 290-295
      28. Our Own Bookshelf, pp. 296-300
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      June 1939 Issue = 26 Articles
      1. The World Over, pp. 301-307
      2. A New Commonwealth by Lord Lothian, pp. 308-310
      3. Our Mortgage on Honduras by Francisco Zamora, pp. 311-313
      4. On the Totalitarian Chessboard by Emilio Lussu, pp. 314-316
      5. Does Germany Rule the Air? , pp. 317-320
      6. Where Russia Stands by Gerhard Schacher, pp. 321-325
      7. Twilight of Treaties by Lamar Middleton, pp. 326-328
      8. The Wall in the West by Emmanuel d'Astier, pp. 329-333
      9. Frau Lukor's 'At Home' by Penistan Chapman, pp. 334-338
      10. Persons and Personages by Hans Schmidt, pp. 339-341
      11. 'Beak and Claws' by Sillei Rezso, pp. 342-345
      12. The Second Lawrence of Arabia by C.A. Lyon, pp. 346-348
      13. Living Room in Africa by George L. Steer, pp. 349-352
      14. France Today by Alexander Werth, pp. 353-356
      15. Permit to Live , pp. 357-358
      16. Backstage at Quai d'Orsay , pp. 359-362
      17. Balkan Dilemma by Jules Sauerwein, pp. 363-365
      18. Miscellany by E. Sylvia Pankhurst, pp. 366-368
      19. The Best-Run Household in Britain by Esmee Marion Lascelles, pp. 369-370
      20. The Career of a Coin , pp. 371-373
      21. The Gypsies Are Here! by Michel Maurette, pp. 374-379
      22. The American Scene, pp. 380-383
      23. Notes and Comments, pp. 384-385
      24. Letters and the Arts, pp. 386-389
      25. Books Abroad, pp. 390-395
      26. Our Own Bookshelf, pp. 396-400
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      July 1939 Issue = 30 Articles
      1. The World Over, pp. 401-407
      2. Where the Axes Cross by Stoyan Christowe, pp. 408-411
      3. Rumania in Suspense by A.R.L., pp. 412-414
      4. Bulgaria Watches the Scales by Hugh Seton-Watson, pp. 415-417
      5. European Retrospect by Robert Dell, pp. 418-421
      6. Radio Reportage by L. Marsland Gander, pp. 422-423
      7. Radio Forgery by Joseph Drieu, p. 424
      8. Poison from Abroad , pp. 425-426
      9. Labour Party's Fifth Crisis by J.T. Murphy, pp. 427-430
      10. Tale of Two Peninsulas, pp. 431-434
      11. Portugal Changes Allies by Claude Vivieres, pp. 435-438
      12. Teutons in Italy by Philippe Barres, pp. 439-442
      13. Of Cigarettes and Soldiers by Ashihei Hino, pp. 443-446
      14. Persons and Personages by William Parker, pp. 447-448
      15. The Soviet Foreign Minister by Georges Reyer, pp. 449-450
      16. Hitler at Fifty by G.H., pp. 451-453
      17. Eyes on Danzig by Hermann Rauschning, pp. 454-456
      18. Near East Imbroglio by Viscount Samuel, pp. 457-458
      19. Arabia Awake! by Diplomaticus, pp. 459-463
      20. The Viking by Albert Jarosy, pp. 464-468
      21. Eastern Repercussions by Ling Chi-hung, pp. 469-471
      22. Will Japan Abandon the Axis? , pp. 472-474
      23. Miscellany, pp. 475-476
      24. The Forgotten Customer , p. 477
      25. Are Chinese Incoherent? by Erwin Reifler, pp. 478-481
      26. The American Scene, pp. 482-485
      27. Notes and Comments, pp. 486-487
      28. Letters and the Arts, pp. 488-490
      29. Books Abroad, pp. 491-495
      30. Our Own Bookshelf, pp. 496-500
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      August 1939 Issue = 28 Articles
      1. The World Over, pp. 501-507
      2. This Summer of Grace by Pertinax, pp. 508-510
      3. In the Marketplace by Agustin Aguiar Almada, pp. 511-513
      4. British Thumb in Nazi Pie by Hans Behrend, pp. 514-516
      5. Whose Money in Spain? by Campanella, pp. 517-519
      6. With the Satirists by Yevgenii Petrov, pp. 520-521
      7. Sieg Heil: 1941 by Verax, pp. 522-523
      8. Les Indifferents by R. Treno, pp. 524-525
      9. Japan Argues Her Case by Hallett Abend, pp. 526-532
      10. Excursion by Winifred Williams, pp. 533-538
      11. Persons and Personages by A.B., p. 539
      12. Nijinski Revisited by Serge Lifar, pp. 540-542
      13. Virgino Gaydar by Frank Gervasi, pp. 543-545
      14. Behind the Moscow Impasse by Robert Dell, pp. 546-549
      15. Scientists' Pandora Box by August Piccard, pp. 550-552
      16. Topics of the Times by Vicente Abano Pacis, pp. 553-554
      17. Hungary, Beware! by Count Stephen Bethlen, p. 555
      18. Digging in at Gibraltar by K.S. Robson, pp. 556-558
      19. Decline of the West by Edmond Vermeil, pp. 559-562
      20. Miscellany by Genevieve Tabouis, pp. 563-565
      21. Technique of Reading by F.J. Schonell, pp. 566-567
      22. Blood-Sports and Hypocrisy by Major C.S. Jarvis, pp. 568-570
      23. The American Scene, pp. 571-574
      24. As Others See Us, pp. 575-576
      25. Letters and the Arts, pp. 577-581
      26. Notes and Comments, pp. 582-583
      27. Books Abroad, pp. 584-588
      28. Our Own Bookshelf, pp. 589-592
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      September 1939 Issue = 29 Articles
      1. U.S.-Canada Peace Axis by W.L. MacDonald, pp. 8-11
      2. Propaganda by Direct Mail by Stephen King-Hall, pp. 12-13
      3. Reply to King-Hall by Joseph Goebbels, pp. 14-16
      4. Lords of the British Press by Lord Camrose, pp. 17-21
      5. Dictatorship beyond the Andes by William Parker, pp. 22-26
      6. Oppression Overseas, p. 27
      7. The New Spanish Inquisition , p. 28
      8. Polish Corridor Elsewhere (A Map), pp. 29-30
      9. To All Loyal Czechs , pp. 31-32
      10. The Refugees---A World Problem by Gina Lombroso, pp. 33-35
      11. Number 16 by Elizabeth Bowen, pp. 36-42
      12. Persons and Personages by C.A. Lyons, pp. 43-45
      13. Mysterious Herr Wohltat by L.M., pp. 46-48
      14. Franco's Brother-in-Law by Georges Ravon, p. 49
      15. In Retrospect by Kingsley Martin, pp. 50-54
      16. India Listens by Khawaja Ahmed Abbas, pp. 55-58
      17. Beyond the Pacific by Ryutaro Nagai, pp. 59-62
      18. No Man's Land in Shanghai by Friedrich Sieburg, pp. 63-66
      19. Stalin's Triumph by Alexander Kerensky, pp. 67-70
      20. Miscellany by Baron Emile d'Erlanger, pp. 71-73
      21. The University in Business by Praphulla Chandra Ghose, pp. 74-75
      22. Seeing Without Eyes by Pierre Devaux, pp. 76-77
      23. The American Scene, pp. 78-81
      24. Notes and Comments, pp. 82-83
      25. Letters and the Arts, pp. 84-85
      26. As Others See Us by Harold Laski, pp. 86-88
      27. Musical America by Serge Prokofieff, pp. 89-90
      28. Books Abroad, pp. 91-95
      29. Our Own Bookshelf, pp. 96-102
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    Issues of Oct.-Dec. 1939 = 3 Issues, 78 Articles
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      October 1939 Issue = 27 Articles
      1. The World Over, pp. 101-107
      2. Two Armies by General Maxime Weygand, pp. 108-113
      3. The Nazis' Dangerous Child by Fritz Kurz, pp. 114-118
      4. American Neutrality by James Davenport Whelpley, pp. 119-121
      5. Vigil at the Microphone by John Gunther, pp. 122-124
      6. The City of Peril by Patrick Maitland, pp. 125-126
      7. As Nazi Tourists See Us by Paul Martin, pp. 127-131
      8. The Law of the Select by R. Altmann, pp. 132-134
      9. Case for Sterilization , pp. 135-136
      10. If Humans Were Horses by Y.Y., pp. 137-139
      11. Who Killed Mimiq by Jean Malaquais, pp. 140-144
      12. Persons and Personages, pp. 145-147
      13. Poet and Diplomat , pp. 148-150
      14. The Latest 'Little Hitler' , pp. 151-152
      15. Upper Crust in the Commons by Simon Haxey, pp. 153-160
      16. Air-Raid Reports, pp. 161-164
      17. Mines Bursting in Air by Major H.J. Muir, pp. 165-167
      18. Mussolini Bans Machiavelli by J.B. Firth, pp. 168-170
      19. Around the Globe by N.F., pp. 171-172
      20. Soviets' Satellite , pp. 173-175
      21. 'Mikado Doctrine' by Hikomatsu Kamikawa, pp. 176-177
      22. Two-Seas Canal by Hector Ghilini, pp. 178-181
      23. The American Scene, pp. 182-185
      24. Notes and Comments, pp. 186-187
      25. Letters and the Arts, pp. 188-190
      26. Books Abroad, pp. 191-194
      27. Our Own Bookshelf, pp. 195-202
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      November 1939 Issue = 25 Articles
      1. The World Over, pp. 201-207
      2. To Die for Poland by Pierre van Paassen, pp. 208-211
      3. Then and Now by Harold Nicolson, pp. 212-214
      4. Periphery of War, pp. 215-217
      5. Blackout of Humor by Lamar Middleton, pp. 218-219
      6. The Censor in Three Capitals by William L. Shirer, Thomas B. Grandin, and Edward R. Murrow, ..., pp. 220-222
      7. The Man Who Knows , pp. 223-224
      8. Mexico Faces the Test by Maurice Halperin, pp. 225-229
      9. Among the Neutrals, pp. 230-231
      10. The Simple Swiss by Emil Ludwig, p. 232
      11. The Spanish Dilemma , pp. 233-235
      12. King of Inishcam by Liam O'Flaherty, pp. 236-243
      13. Persons and Personages by Louis Golding, pp. 244-246
      14. First Wings of the R.A.F. by Carl Olsson, pp. 247-251
      15. Design for Peace by Norman Angell, pp. 252-254
      16. The Far East by Katsuji Fuse, pp. 255-258
      17. Russia in China by Lincoln Hall, pp. 259-264
      18. Islam and the War by H.I. Katibah, pp. 265-267
      19. The German Scene by Robert Powell, pp. 268-269
      20. British Perfidy , pp. 270-271
      21. The Screen in Europe by Frank Clements, pp. 272-280
      22. Letters and the Arts, pp. 281-285
      23. Notes and Comments, pp. 286-287
      24. Books Abroad, pp. 288-292
      25. Our Own Bookshelf, pp. 293-302
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      December 1939 Issue = 26 Articles
      1. The World Over, pp. 301-308
      2. Modern Pariah: The Neutral Ship by Wythe Williams, pp. 309-312
      3. Germany in Suspense, pp. 313-314
      4. It's England's War by Rudolph Kircher, pp. 315-317
      5. Union Now or Never by Clarence K. Streit, pp. 318-323
      6. On the British Front by R.C. Hutchinson, pp. 324-325
      7. Warfare by Leaflet by Robert Powell, pp. 326-329
      8. Night Before Christmas by Leon Bryce Bloch, pp. 330-335
      9. Pity the Weak by Jean Bories, pp. 336-337
      10. Fourth Partition , pp. 338-339
      11. Exodus from the Baltics by Eugene Schreider, pp. 340-343
      12. Persons and Personages by William Parker, pp. 344-346
      13. Lord Macmillan , pp. 347-348
      14. An Interview with Nobile by J.D. Bowersock, pp. 349-352
      15. Up Periscope! by Martin Niemoller, pp. 353-358
      16. New Patterns in Asia by E. Wallace Moore, pp. 359-361
      17. Reverberations in the East by John Ahlers, pp. 362-364
      18. Meet the Smiths of Shanghai by Grace Gould, pp. 365-369
      19. The Hat of Mme. Viale by Jean Daleveze, pp. 370-373
      20. Off the Beaten Path, pp. 374-376
      21. News for the Lama by 'Tibetan', pp. 377-379
      22. Washington Letter by Ray Tucker, pp. 380-383
      23. Notes and Comments, pp. 384-385
      24. Letters and the Arts, pp. 386-389
      25. Our Own Bookshelf, pp. 390-393
      26. Books Abroad, pp. 394-402
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