MONTHLY COMMENTS

Jamaica

by

Ansell Hart

Volume 4. (May 1960 – July 1962)

Ansell Hart at his desk at Manton & Hart circa 1950

Prepared For Web. March 2001

by Dr. John B. deMercado

Copyright Reserved by Hart Family

Foreword To Volume 4

Mr. Richard Hart has kindly provided this Volume of his father’s Monthly Comments for publication on this website. The Copyright for the material is reserved by the Hart family, who have agreed that the material may be distributed free of charge for personal use only. They have stipulated that it not be altered or sold in any format.

Mr. Ansell Hart published Volume 4 of his Monthly Comments in 27 monthly issues over a two-year period. The first issue, namely Volume 2 number 1, was published in May 1960 and the final issue of Volume 4 namely Number 27 was published in July of 1962.

Volume 4 as published on this site contains all twenty-seven issues and is around one hundred and forty pages.

You may go to any section listed in the Table of Contents by "clicking" on the description given in the table.

Enjoy!

Dr. John B. deMercado

Ottawa, Ontario

March 2001

INTRODUCTION (Richard Hart)

Table of Contents

Ansell Hart 1

Foreword To Volume 4. 3

INTRODUCTION (Richard Hart) 4

Volume 4. No. 1. May 1960. 8

CAUSERIES. 8

SIGNIFICANT PERIODS OF JAMAICAN HISTORY. 8

THE RISE AND SPREAD OF AMERICANISM. 9

SKEPTICISM AND BELIEF. 11

LEGAL MISCELLANY: BARRING ESTATES TAIL. 11

Volume 4. No 2. June 1960. 13

CAUSERIES. 13

SIGNIFICANT PERIODS IN JAMAICAN HISTORY. 13

THE RISE AND SPREAD OF AMERICANISM. 14

RELIGIOUS TOLERATION. 15

BOOK REVIEWS-The Books of C. H. Hinton (Geo. Allen & Unwin; Swan Sonnenschein) 16

Volume 4. No. 3. July 1960. 18

CAUSERIES. 18

FROM THE RIDICULOUS TO THE SUBLIME. 18

SIGNIFICANT PERIODS OF JAMAICAN HISTORY. 18

THE RISE AND SPREAD OF AMERICANISM. 19

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ‑ VOYAGE OF 1492. 20

SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY. 21

BOOK REVIEW. WORLD WITHOUT WAR by J. D. Bernal. 22

Volume 4. No. 4 August 1960. 23

CAUSERIES. 23

SOCRATIC DIALOGUE. 23

GEORGE WILLIAM GORDON. 23

THE RISE AND SPREAD OF AMERICANISM. 24

INTERNATIONAL DISARMAMENT. 25

ETERNAL RECURRENCE. 26

Volume 4. No. 5. September 1960. 28

CAUSERIES. 28

GEORGE WILLIAM GORDON. 28

THE RISE AND SPREAD OF AMERICANISM. 29

CUBA LIBRE. 30

ESOTERIC BUDDHISM by A. P. SINNETT. 31

BOOK REVIEW -"The Survivor" ‑ a Novel by Carl Marzani 31

Volume 4. No 6. October 1960. 33

CAUSERIES. 33

SIGNIFICANT PERIODS IN JAMAICAN HISTORY. 34

THE RISE AND SPREAD OF AMERICANISM. 35

ESOTERIC BUDDHISM by A. P. SINNETT. 36

Volume 4. No. 7. November 1960. 38

THINGS AMERICA MIGHT DO NOW. 38

GEORGE WILLIAM GORDON. 38

THE RISE AND SPREAD OF AMERICANISM. 39

REVELATION - FROM SWEDENBORG to the RAS TAFARIANS. 40

THE PRESS. 41

RED STAR OVER CHINA - By Edgar Snow (Random House 1937) 42

Volume 4. No. 8 December 1960. 43

CAUSERIES. 43

GEORGE WILLIAM GORDON. 43

GEORGE WILLIAM GORDON HOUSE AND ALL THAT. 44

THE RISE AND SPREAD OF AMERICANISM. 45

OF BOOKS. 46

UNITED NATIONS. 47

Volume 4. No. 9. January 1961. 48

CAUSERIES. 48

GEORGE WILLIAM GORDON. 48

THE RISE AND SPREAD OF AMERICANISM. 49