. DISCOVERY A MONTHLY POPULAR JOURNAL OF KNOWLEDGE Vol. II. No. 16. APRIL 1921. PRICE Is. NET. DISCOVERY. A Monthly Popular Journal of Know- ledge. Edited by A. S. Russell, , , 4 Moreton Road, Oxford, to whom all Editorial Communications should be addressed. Published by John , 50.\ .-Mbemarle Street, Lx)ndon, , to whom all Business Communications should be addressed. Advertisement Office: 16 Regent Street, London, Annual Subscription, 12s. 6d. post free; single numbers, IS. net, postage 2d. Binding cases for Vol. I, 1920, are now ready. Price 2s. 6d. net each ; postage
. DISCOVERY A MONTHLY POPULAR JOURNAL OF KNOWLEDGE Vol. II. No. 16. APRIL 1921. PRICE Is. NET. DISCOVERY. A Monthly Popular Journal of Know- ledge. Edited by A. S. Russell, , , 4 Moreton Road, Oxford, to whom all Editorial Communications should be addressed. Published by John , 50.\ .-Mbemarle Street, Lx)ndon, , to whom all Business Communications should be addressed. Advertisement Office: 16 Regent Street, London, Annual Subscription, 12s. 6d. post free; single numbers, IS. net, postage 2d. Binding cases for Vol. I, 1920, are now ready. Price 2s. 6d. net each ; postage j^d. Editorial Notes I AM going to allow correspondents to get a word in edgeways this month. One writes, " In your Editorial Notes in the March issue you mention the possibility of an to climb Mount Everest. If it be not too late in the day, might I ask in all seriousness what is the use of such a climb ? Does it do any good ? Are the scientific results hoped for (I suppose the expe- dition is going to be a scientific one) worth the trouble and the expense ? Barring the view, what does any- one expect to find at the top ? Isn't it time that this kind of thing were looked upon by all decent people in the same light as attempts to reach the North and South Poles—namely, a pathological manifestation, or, in less technical language, a singularly futile waste of energy and good mone}' ? " * * * # * I do not agree with this view. If one went on tour, hired halls and delivered addresses on the value of science, what would one say ? This, that every fact discovered, every conquest of our surroundings, is a step forward in the upward march of humanity. It may lead to great developments. Of course, it may not. The important thing, however, is that it may. .'Vll the discoveries of modern science are based on the patient work of those who have laboured to discover the secrets of nature without caring twopence whether or not they were of " practical
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