27 JULY 1929, Page 28

Mr. Edmund Blunden contributes to his new edition of The

Poems of William Collins (Haslewood Press, 18s.) a clearly written and sympathetic study of his author. He has long felt an intimate in Collins, and he has one or two new facts to relate and new attributions to propose. It is especi- ally agreeable to read an author in an edition to which affection and enthusiasm have been given. Mr. Frederick Etehells and Mr. Hugh Macdonald have played their part in making the production worthy of one of our greatest and most individual poets.