23 JANUARY 1932, Page 26

THE FAERIE QUEENE—Vols, IV, V, VI and VII - By

Basil Blackwell Volumes IV, V, VI and VII of the monumental edition of Edmund Spenser's work have recently been issued by the Shakespeare Head Press and . Mr.. Basil .Blackwell. These

volumes bring The Eaerie_Queene_myto_thmEnd otBook Six and the fragment of Book Seven. The remainder of this gothic cathedral bf English literature, the vast 'epic in twelve books representing twelv,e virtues, projeCted by the poet, were delayed owing to the stormy life in Ireland during his secretaryship and death intervened too: soon for him to resume his work in England. One volume of the new Edition has still to come, and we hope theii 16 survey the whole ambitious Work.