AN ASTROLOGICAL PREDICTION

Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22941, 10 February 1940, Page 16

AN ASTROLOGICAL PREDICTION

Hitler’s Last Year of Power, By Leonardo Blake. Andrew Bakers Limited. 191 pp. (45.) Through WhitcomhC and Tombs Ltd. Basing his conclusions bn psychology and astrology, the author foresees the fall of the Hitler regime in Germany towards the end of 1940 and predicts ihat there will be no world war in . the real sense of the term. The writer is impatient of the predictions of some other astrologers and holds out the hope of the end of troublous times within a measurable period.

In two parts, the first consisting of general considerations, the second of notes on “affections of individual parts and their manipulation,” Treatment by Manipulation (36 pp. 5/- net.) inaugurates a new series of monographs to be published' by the “Practitioner” in association with Messrs Eyre and Spottiswoode. Its authors are H. Jackson Burrows, M.D., F.R.C.S., and W. D. Coltart, M. 8., F.R.C.S., both of whom hold appointments in the orthopaedic department of St. Bax-tholomew’s Hospital. »

THE POET CAVORTS Truly Rural. By Daniel Pettiward. J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd. 11l pp* 5/- net.) Mr Pettiward puts out his first book of light verse under favourable auspices. Most of the poefns in it pleased “Punch” and the readers of “Punch”; his illustrator is Paul Crum; and this is just the time when the jester is most welcome. Mr Pettiward cavorts agreeably under such promptings as have stimulated wit to metrical expression before: dreams of a garden With marrows growing grosser • And pumpkins past their prime, And gardeners saying, “No, sir,” And “Yes, sir,” all the time; or curious thoughts upon Spring, which so widely urges growth on the heels of decay, but Why does nothing sprout or hatch On that once thickly growing patch, That empty but well-tended bed. The top of Uncle George’s head? But it is fairer to the poet to quote a complete work; therefore this one recommend Mr Pettiward’s fanciful rhyming: Bereavement The tortoise was pacing on the lawn Searching sadly for its wife; It had done this diligently since the dawn And for most of its waking life.

That was. .the official view; 1 The thing that the, Miss Frobishers believed, As it tottered past, though, for all they knew, It was Its husband for Which it grieved.