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English Lyrical Poetry. By Edward Bliss Reed, Ph.D. (Henry Frowde,

8s. 6d. net.)—We can recall no other books specially con- cerned with English lyric poetry, and Professor Reed, who is Assistant Professor of English at Yale, has written a careful study of his subject. He begins with Old English and in his tenth chapter reaches contemporary poetry.