Volume II of a projected six-volume collection of Huxley's essays. It spans the later years (1926-1929) of the most productive period of his career and includes his controversial work on India
and the empire in Jesting Pilate . The essays, presenting assessments of art and architecture as well as political analyses, history, science, religion, and art, reflect many of the issues and
anxieties of the interwar period, comprise a documentary tour of Europe at the time, and reveal the probing skepticism of a highly educated member of the English upper middle class. Edited with
commentary by Baker (English, U. of Wisconsin) and Sexton (English, Camosun College). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
