Capsule Review January 1929 Issue Whither Mankind by Charles A. BeardReviewed by William L. LangerAbout the Author: My FA Anthologies Read more by William L. Langer In This Review Whither Mankind By Charles A. Beard Longmans, 1928 408 pp. $3.00 Purchase Facebook Twitter Email My FA Saved Articles Print A series of essays, many of them brilliant and some of them provoking, surveying various aspects of our civilization.