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This article presents a collections of articles and communications on the cognate subjects of literature, criticism, and education. A paper on "American Education and Culture," published in the periodical "New Republic" for July 1, points to a fundamental conflict between the traditional ideal of culture and the actual conditions of life in America. The author of this paper lays too much stress, though more by implication than by direct statement, on the need of a specifically American revision of the ideal of culture. The disparity between tradition and reality is doubtless more glaring on this continent than in Europe, but it is not different in kind in the old country.

Presents several letters to the editor. Comments on the book "De Civitate Dei," by St. Augustine; Greetings in the treasure room of the library of Harvard University; Remarks on the book "Florisel de Niquea."

The recently published Imagist anthology, "Some Imagist Poets," which represents an unobtrusive but significant reaction against the vagaries of the extreme left wing, is prefaced by a concise summary of the principles on which the moderate Imagists found their practice. These principles (omitting their elaboration) are as follows: To use the language of common speech, but to employ always the exact word. To create new rhythms-as the expression of new moods-not to copy old rhythms, which merely echo old moods. To present an image (hence the name: "Imagist"). The author points out that Imagist verse of high distinction--verse which conforms to all the canons of the school--is found in abundance in the works of certain modern writers of English prose.