. Arthur and Fritz Kahn Collection 1889-1932. Kahn, Fritz 1888-1968; Kahn, Arthur David 1850-1928; Natural history illustrators; Natural history. CAL. TIMES Al^RILlT, 1939 lide lei- nt, llu- 'he |:he in to' Dm I of it- )re it lat rs. ng en fa- )ns ?ve ng mi ist in icr on do to •'I 1!" as he lg; •e- on a T •pe ;ep )Ut eil 3111 Iff. ier ms ere it. In't .id- THE LITERARY GUIDEPOST By JOHN SELBY B has but to Heb 4, h two test; pror fore is d< won dies ness Rc Sun Fiele fect perfc is th play\ Virgi bis 6 the 1 Be tress ing t tlie 1 Coop high real ^ abou ilbs )om ude in an- licb icis-


. Arthur and Fritz Kahn Collection 1889-1932. Kahn, Fritz 1888-1968; Kahn, Arthur David 1850-1928; Natural history illustrators; Natural history. CAL. TIMES Al^RILlT, 1939 lide lei- nt, llu- 'he |:he in to' Dm I of it- )re it lat rs. ng en fa- )ns ?ve ng mi ist in icr on do to •'I 1!" as he lg; •e- on a T •pe ;ep )Ut eil 3111 Iff. ier ms ere it. In't .id- THE LITERARY GUIDEPOST By JOHN SELBY B has but to Heb 4, h two test; pror fore is d< won dies ness Rc Sun Fiele fect perfc is th play\ Virgi bis 6 the 1 Be tress ing t tlie 1 Coop high real ^ abou ilbs )om ude in an- licb icis- -lol- rica, Eiol- the "OUR SEX LIFE," by Fritz Kahn, M. D. (Knopf: $6). It is difficult to make clear the great valuc of Dr. Fritz Kahns monumental and magnilicent book on the most abused of all topics in modern (or ancient, for that mat- ter) life. This work he calls "Our Sex ; It is a large book of 459 pages, generously illustrated and handsomely made. Its goal, pei- haps a littlc over-simplified and over-hopeful can best bc indicated by this Quotation: "The goal, which is distliictly present as the supreme one to all who labor for mankind, and for the sake of which this book was writ- ten, is one and the same and is re- ligious in the deepest sense: to place man in harmony with godly nature. "If we will work' togßther in this sense, the married and the unmar- ried, parents and teachers, State, Society and church, to solve the sex Problem, then it will be solved. Then the present slaves of their impulses will become the rulers et their powers; unhappy lonely in- dividuals will become happy cou- ples; brothel visitors will become adorers of women. and those who niiscarry, fruitful mothers. A new ^ youth will arise. healtliy, free, hap- j J^^^^^ py and conscious of their duties: the happy ; This indicates' very well Dr. Kahns approach, whicli is perhaps evon a little sentimental at tinies. But the most important facL of


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