This is a book out of the common run, for it deals with the obvious. Such a statement may seem a paradox, but is not really so, for English-speaking peoples are disinclined to dissect their own feelings or to criticise what custom had ordained as most suitable for them. Mr. Popenoe is somewhat of a casuist, but he makes out a good case for monogamy and a large family, the latter an ideal which ...

profit thereby should be purged or have their blood let.' One must note the disjunctive particle. Hippocrates did not prescribe that both of these remedies should always be used, as is the practice with some who consider it a crime to let blood without a previous purge. There are some women for whom blood-letting alone is beneficial, when they are rather plump, others who will derive advantage ...

From the early studies of Tancred Borenius (1885–1948) to present, iconography archbishop Thomas Becket has drawn attention among scholars. Numerous have been published on representation Becket’s martyrdom in mural painting, sculpture, and reliquary caskets. Despite this attention, many questions concerning selection episodes embroidered liturgical vestments textiles, as well commissioning thes...