Language and the Crisis of Our Time

Speculative Instruments, by I. A. Richards. 216 pp. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. $4.50

In Speculative Instruments I. A. Richards brings together a group of papers and addresses prepared over the past fifteen years. The pieces he has chosen for inclusion follow three main lines of inquiry: the nature and resources of language; specific problems of interpretation; and education and the future of the humanities, with special reference to language teaching.