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Peer Gynt. By Henrik Ibsen. A new translation by R.

Ellis Roberts. (Martin Seeker. Gs. not.)—The only English trans- lation of Peer Gynt hitherto has been the non-rhyming one by Mr. William Archer and his brother. Mr. Roberts, largely basing himself on this, has added rhymes while preserving also the metres of the original. It may perhaps be doubted whether he

has compensated in this way for the necessary divergences from the literal in his version, which may nevertheless be read with much pleasure.