«The Present Age» A Monthly Journal dealing with World Events, History, Geography, Medicine, Education, Natural Science, Art, Religion & World Economy – from an universal point of view 1935 – 1939 Edited and published by Walter Johannes Stein Contents (Index) Volume I Vol. I, No. 1, Dec. 1935 – Walter Johannes Stein: An Appreciation of D. N. Dunlop – Late Chairman, International Executive Council of the World Power Conference, pp. 5 – 16 – Walter Johannes Stein: «The Present Age» (Editorial Article), pp. 17 – 24 – Walter Johannes Stein: Systematic Zoology from a New View­ point (An Introduction for a later Article), pp. 25 – 27 – Recent Research on Sight – A Special Correspondent, pp. 28 – 29 – Flora Annie Steel: The History of the Rose, pp. 30 – 33 – Rudolf Hauschka: Malaria – A Report of the Work done at the Clinical Therapeutical Institute, Arlesheim, Switzerland, pp. 34 – 42 – Jules Sauerwein: From the Mountains of Bad Gastein [Trans­ lated from the French by Eleanor Elsner], pp. 43 – 46 – Caroline von Heydebrand: Earliest Childhood and its Memo­ ries, pp. 47 – 50 – H. E. Caustin («World Survey» Editorial Office): World Economic Re­Organisation, pp. 51 – 54 – The Editor: Seismographical Records and their Meaning, pp. 55 – 62 Vol. I, No. 2, Jan. 1936 – Walter Johannes Stein: Is King Arthur an Historical Charac­ ter?, pp. 5 – 11 – Christmas through the Ages, pp. 12 – 16 – Ernst Marti: The Nature and Treatment of Sclerosis, pp. 17 – 31 3 – Caroline van Heydebrand: The Problem of Temperament in Education, pp. 32 – 38 – Eurythmy in Ancient Greece, pp. 39 – 44 – Walter Johannes Stein: Space and Time in Economics, pp. 45 – 48 – Alterations in the Earth’s Surface, pp. 49 – 52 – Eugen Kolisko: The Classification of the Animal Kingdom (I), pp. 53 – 64 Vol. I, No. 3, Feb. 1936 – Walter Johannes Stein: England as the Nucleus of the Foun­ dation of Commercial Towns – The origin of the Lohengrin Saga traced according to English History, pp. 5 – 13 – M. E. J. S.: The Language of the Breath (I), pp. 14 – 25 – Jules Sauerwein: The Conscience of the Journalist [Translated by Eleanor Elsner], pp. 26 – 40 – Eugen Kolisko: The Classification of the Animal Kingdom (II), pp. 41 – 51 – The Editor: Education in Antiquity and in Modern Times, pp. 52 – 57 – D. Ferguson: World Economy and International Monetary Stabilization – Prospect and Retrospect, pp. 58 – 66 – The Importance of Ground Water to Humanity, pp. 67 – 72 Vol. I, No. 4, March 1936 – Walter Johannes Stein: Historical Periods and the Fate of Nations, pp. 5 – 11 – What is Rheumatism?, pp. 12 – 16 – Caroline von Heydebrand: Fairy Tales – Is it Right to Tell them to Children?, pp. 17 – 25 4 – A. Johns: Do Animals Possess Intelligence?, pp. 26 – 32 – Marcia A. B. Dodwell: Plant Evolution, pp. 33 – 45 – Rom Landau: The Individual and the Modern Church, pp. 46 – 49 – D. Ferguson: Fundamental Influences in Modern Economics – A Survey and a Synthesis, pp. 50 – 69 Vol. I, No. 5, April 1936 – Percy A. Best: The Changes in Retail Distribution, pp. 5 – 11 – Walter Johannes Stein: The Immortality of Nations Revealed in Myth and Legend, pp. 12 – 24 – M. E. J. S.: The Language of the Breath (II), pp. 25 – 37 – G. Bahr: Leaf Formations and their Meaning – Some Remarks Regarding Leaf Characteristics (I), pp. 38 – 46 – Cecil Harwood: On Innocence and Sin in Childhood, pp. 47 – 51 – The History of Writing, pp. 52 – 59 – Walther Pahl: The Development of World Air Transport, pp. 60 – 68 Vol. I, No. 6, May 1936 – Walter Johannes Stein: Portugal as Preparer for the British Mission, pp. 5 – 14 – Fevosa: Kaspar Hauser, pp. 15 – 22 – Max Stibbe: Finland and Kalewala, pp. 23 – 30 – G. Bahr: Leaf Formations and their Meaning – Some Remarks Regarding Leaf Characteristics (II), pp. 31 – 37 – W. J. van Balen: The Migration of People, pp. 38 – 46 – Caroline von Heydebrand: Childhood Dreams, pp. 47 – 51 – D. Ferguson: The Stabilization of World Economy – A Plan Based on Facts, pp. 52 – 57 5 – C. R. Yuille­Smith: World Economy and International Mone­ tary Stabilization, pp. 58 – 61 – D. Ferguson: Social Credit v. World Economy, pp. 62 – 63 – G. S. Francis: World Economy – A Modern Problem, pp. 64 – 71 Vol. I, No. 7, June 1936 – The Editor: Six Months of «The Present Age», pp. 5 – 9 – Walter Johannes Stein: The Death of Merlin, pp. 10 – 16 – Eugen Kolisko: Music and the Art of Healing Among the Druids and Bards, pp. 17 – 25 – Elly Wilke: Musical Development in the History of Mankind, pp. 26 – 31 – M. E. J. S.: The Language of the Breath (III),pp. 32 – 40 – Alice Tann: Morholt and Elaine, pp. 41 – 63 – Marcia Dodwell: Kacha and Devijani – The Story of an Indian Fresco, pp. 64 – 66 – The Conquest of Time in Agriculture, pp. 67 – 68 Vol. I, No. 8, July 1936 – M. Wheeler / E. Kolisko: School of Spiritual Science and its Applications in Art and Life, pp. 5 – 7 – Walter Johannes Stein: Reminiscences of Life as an Aid to the Understanding of Our Time (I), pp. 8 – 27 – M. E. J. S.: The Language of the Breath (IV), pp. 28 – 39 – Babylon, pp. 40 – 43 – Walter Pahl: Africa – The Problem of Black and White, pp. 44 – 53 – W. B. Schostakowitsch: Cyclical Fluctuations of Natural and Economic Phenomena [Translated and Annotated by D. Ferguson], pp. 54 – 67 6 Vol. I, No. 9, Aug. 1936 – Editorial, pp. 1 – 5 – Walter Johannes Stein: Reminiscences of Life as an Aid to the Understanding of our Time (II), pp. 6 – 26 – Alice Tann: Blue Sky, pp. 27 – 40 – Caroline von Heydebrand: Intimations of Destiny in Child­ hood, pp. 41 – 46 – Caroline J. Porter: The Tennessee Valley Authority – An Ameri can Experiment in Social­Minded, Integrated Inclusive Control of a Wide Area for the Well­Being of All the People, pp. 47 – 60 Vol. I, No. 10, Sept. 1936 – Walter Johannes Stein: A School of Spiritual Science, pp. 1 – 9 – E. Kolisko: The World Congress of Faiths, pp. 10 – 13 – Caroline von Heydebrand: The Training of Teachers, pp. 14 – 19 – E. Vreede: The Total Eclipse of the Sun 19th June, 1936,pp. 20 – 28 – A True Fairy Story, pp. 29 – 46 – Alice Tann: The Nile [Translated by Eleanor Eisner], pp. 47 – 60 – Marcia A. B. Dodwell: Kathakali, the Eurythmy of the East, pp. 61 – 64 Vol. I, No. 11, Oct. 1936 – Walter Johannes Stein: A Suggestion for the Coronation, pp. 1 – 12 – Herbert Hahn: Bread, pp. 13 – 33 – Marcia A. B. Dodwell: Sir Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, pp. 34 – 37 – H. Hoogewerff: Our Vegetables in Relation to the Seasons, pp. 38 – 41 7 – J. C. Lamster: The Scripts of the East Indian Archipelago, pp. 42 – 44 – A. C. Harwood: Review [«The Allegory of Love» by C. S. Lewis, Oxford University Press], pp. 45 – 49 – Questions, pp. 50 – 51 – Walter Johannes Stein: Continuation of my Biography [Remini scences of Life as an Aid to the Understanding of Our Time (III)], pp. 52 – 64 Vol. I, No. 12, Nov. 1936 – Walter Johannes Stein: Twelve Months of «The Present Age», pp. 1 – 5 – Margaret Bennell: Mrs. L. Kolisko – Glimpses of her Life and Work, pp. 6 – 15 – Ludwig Polzer­Hoditz: Memories of Rudolf Steiner – Remi­ niscences of an Austrian (I–II), pp. 16 – 21 – Walther Pahl: The Exploration of the Arctic, pp. 22 – 30 – A. C. Henny: Constantine the Great and Julian the Apostate, pp. 31 – 42 – Max Stibbe: William of Orange or Tolerance in Europe, pp. 43 – 52 – D. Ferguson: International Monetary Situation 1919 – 1936, pp. 53 – 63 8 Volume II Vol. II, No. 1, Dec. 1936 – Walter Johannes Stein: What is Europe?, p. 1 – 20 – Margaret Bennell: New Ways for Old, pp. 21 – 31 – A. N. Mukerjee: Homoeopathy in India, pp. 32 – 39 – Eugen Kolisko: Illness, Healing and Spiritual Development, pp. 40 – 47 – Ludwig Polzer­Hoditz: Memories of Rudolf Steiner – Remi­ niscences of an Austrian (III–V), pp. 48 – 58 – Karl Henneberg: The Pupils of St. Columba and their Con­ nections with the Countries of Middle and Southern Germany, pp. 59 – 64 Vol. II, No. 2, Jan. 1937 – Walter Johannes Stein: «And on Earth, Peace towards men of good will», pp. 1 – 8 – The Editor: Personality on the English Throne – Richard Cœur de Lion, pp. 9 – 32 – The Story of the Light, pp. 33 – 42 – Herbert Hahn: Pictures from the Holy Land I – On the Mount of Olives [Translated from «Die Christengemeinschaft», Stuttgart], pp. 43 – 48 – D. F.: The People of the World or Fundamentals of Sociology, pp. 49 – 52 – P. Caloi: The Earthquake at Pansiglio, Belluno, Italy, October 18th, 1936, pp. 53 – 57 – Questions and Answers, pp. 58 – 60 9 – Ion D. Aulay: Review [«The Flax of Dream, a Novel in Four Books», by Henry Williamson (Faber & Faber)], pp. 61 – 63 Vol. II, No. 3, Feb. 1937 – Walter Johannes Stein: Old and New in the Present Situa­ tion, pp. 1 – 9 – Dr. Eugen Kolisko: Through Spiritual Science and Art to World­ wide Religious Life (Lecture given at the Opening of the School of Spiritual Science, Rudolf Steiner Hall, Sept. 27th, 1936), pp. 10 – 19 – Ludwig Polzer­Hoditz: Memories of Rudolf Steiner – Remi­ niscences of an Austrian (VI–VIII), pp. 20 – 37 – Norbert Glas: Children’s Diseases regarded as Stages in Devel­ opment [Extract from «Kinderkrankheiten als Entwicklungsstufen des Menschen» (Diseases of Childhood as Stages of Develop­ ment)], pp. 38 – 42 – Life in the Heights, pp. 43 – 48 – Baron von Metzradt: Some Ideas on Language Teaching, pp. 49 – 52 – Ion D. Aulay: Review of new publications [«The Flaming Door, a Preliminary Study of the Mission of the Celtic Folk­Soul by means of Legends and Myths», by Eleanor C. Merry (Rider & Co., Paternoster House, London)], pp. 53 – 59 – Marcia Dodwell: The Spirit of Sacrifice and Reform in India, pp.