Now Mr. H. Krauss Nield has come for-

ipation of energy into boundless space.

begins to fail owing to its continual dis-

sun as the light and heat of that luminary

through space, and steer it nearer to the

control the movements of the earth

future generations would be able to

tended that it was possible that

In a recent book, "The Great

Line 1.1.0 ward with the suggestion that in the fut-

Line 1.1.1 ure we will be able to get outside the

Line 1.1.2 earth altogether and take trips to Venus

Line 1.1.3 or Mars. Speaking at the Authors' Club

Line 1.1.4 he ventured the prediction that visits to

Line 1.1.5 our "neighbours" in the solar system, or

Line 1.1.6 even further, would be possible in the fu-

Line 1.1.7 ture. Such a prediction seemed to him be

Line 1.1.8 more wonderful than would have been the

Line 1.1.9 statement 300 years ago that it would be

Line 1.1.10 possible to throw a message across the

Line 1.1.11 Atlantic without the guidance even of an

Line 1.1.12 intervening wire. It is evident, however,

Line 1.1.13 that Mr. Nield has not studied the argu-

Line 1.1.14 ments so cogently marshalled against the

Line 1.1.15 habitability of other planets, by Dr. Ru-

Line 1.1.16 sell Wallace, in "Man's Place in the Uni-