By E. J. BICKNELL Criticism is the art of judging. All judgement involves comparison and discrimination. Even the simplest statement depends upon a previous act of criticism. All thought implies a process of selection and judgement. We say or hold that this is right or wrong, and that this is true or false, as a result of an act of criticism. In common speech no doubt criticism is often used in the sense of an unfavourable judgement. A critic is one