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...scholars are all too often unreadable, cranks are generally unpublishable. But when a crank has the reputation and writing ability of Novelist Robert (I, Claudius) Graves, publishers are glad to let him run on for page after page. The Nazarene Gospel Restored (Doubleday; $10), by Robert Graves and Joshua Podro, published last week, runs...
...Reassurance. "This book is published," write the authors, ". . . to reassure the lay public that the original Gospel stood foursquare . . ." But the layman who reads on soon finds that the "original Gospel" according to Graves and Podro is a far cry from the canonical books of the New Testament. The canonical books, "judged by Greek literary standards" say Graves & Podro ". . . are poor; by historical standards, unreliable; and their doctrine is confused and contradictory. The late-Victorian atheist (was it Bradlaugh?) may be excused for remarking that they read as though 'concocted by illiterate, half-starved visionaries in some dark corner...
Under the direction of William C, Schroeder, associate curator of fishes in the Museum, the investigation will be aided by three representatives from the Havana School, Luis H. Rivero, Guillermo Aguayo, and Podro Bermudez, who will care for the fishes, molluscs, and foraminifera, respectively...
Captain Adolphus Watson, U. S. N., Chief-of-Staff in command of cruisers of the battle fleet, arrives in Cambridge today to take up his new duties as director of the Naval Science course at Harvard. Captain Watson, who comes from San Podro, California, succeeds Captain Bonyaurd Bourno Wygant, U. S. N., as professor of Naval Science and Tactics...