EPSTEIN’S WORK
Controversy Aroused LONDON, March 25. Epstein’s statue “Genesis” caused a fresh outburst of indignation when a reproduction of it was included (to signify the unborn generation) in a composite picture for the dust cover of Ritchie Calder's book, “Birth of the Future." The publishers were inundated with letters of protest from scientists, including Lord Rutherford Booksellers refused to display the book. Eventually Mr H. G. Wells came to the rescue. He gave a dinner in Calder’s honour, nnd asked the guests their opinion of the dust cover, which was condemned almost unanimously. Mr Wells then wrote a short appreciation of the author, which the publishers accepted in lieu of the design. Epstein, who was tho only person not consulted savs: “It seems rather old-fashioned, doesn it not?”
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 95, 5 April 1934, Page 5
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