“I cannot think of a beautiful woman without imagining at the same time some misfortune connected with her.”

BANDELAIRE.

It is interesting to note that frequently the description of social attitudes is vividly given in words which are either symbolic or directly descriptive of postural tensions of the autonomic system appropriate to the social situation.

The following is a good example:

Christopher Marlowe—Edward II,

Act I, Scene II:

Elder Mortimer: Doth no man take exceptions at the slave?

Lancaster: All stomach him, but none dare speak a word.

Swoln with venom of ambitious pride.

THOMAS D. ELIOT, Northwestern University.