The Birth of Flight

ON December 17, 1903, the Wright Brothers made that flight of twelve seconds in a power-driven controlled heavier-than-air machine which was to change the history of the world. The aeroplane has, in a few flying years, altered the outlook of every man and woman in the world, whether he or she has ever flown or not, or even seen an aeroplane. When this War ends, it will alter it still more, for flying will be as much of the world's everyday experience as travelling by rail or steamer is now. The Birth of Flight An Anthology by Hartley Kemball Cook. Pp. 204 + 8 plates. (London: George Allen and Unwin, Ltd., 1941.) 7s. 6d. net.