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September 1958 Vol I Num 1

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Few early balloonists' flights attracted more attention than the one that carried Mrs. Letitia Ann Sage aloft from London in 1785 as the first Englishwoman to brave the skies.  Our cover painting, The Three Favorite Aerial Travellers, done that same year by J. F. Rigaud, presents the scene - with one major inaccuracy.  As shown here, Mrs. Sage's companions were Mr. George Biggin, a fellow passenger also on his first flight, and, resplendent in the uniform of the Honourable Artillery Company, the Italian aeronaut Lunardi, already famous as the first man to make an ascent in England.  At the last moment before take-off, though, pilot Lunardi found that the balloon would not lift all three together and so stayed behind and let his passengers soar away on their own.  They landed an hour later in a field at Harrow.  An article on ballooning begins on page 114.  The picture is reproduced courtesy of Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.

Foreword

3

Why Men Seek Adventure

Wilfred Noyce

6

The Golden Age Of The Dutch Republic

C. V. Wedgwood

14

A Memorandum: From Metternich To Dulles

William Harlan Hale

36

The Cult Of Unthink

Robert Brustein

38

A Case Of Coexistence: Christendom And The Turks

H. R. Trevor-Roper

46

Man's Challenge: The Use Of The Earth

Julian Huxley

48

From The Shapely Form To A New Art Form

D. M. Marshman, Jr.

56

The Missing Mourners Of Dijon

Fernand Aberjonois

62

Genesis: A Portfolio Of Nature Photographs

64

Igor Stravinsky Looks Back

82

"Great Is Diana Of The Ephesians"

Freya Stark

85

Not A Palace But A Pill Factory

88

The Perfect Beauty

Irving Stone

92

The World Of Wlter Paepcke

Marquis W. Childs

96

The Perils Of Drink

Raymond Postgate

104

Living Art And The People's Choice

108

When Man First Left The Earth

Peter Lyon

114

Sense And Nonsense

Gilbert Highet

129

A Short History Of The Wheeled Vehicle

146

On The Horizon: The Forward Look And A Backward Glance

Oliver Jensen

152