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The Epic

The Idea of Great Poetry. By Lascelles Abercrombie. (Seeker. 6s.) Ma. ABEacaordonE's is a heart-refreshing book to those who feel themselves to be strangers in this present......

A Perfidious Rogue

The Godfather of Downing Street : Sir George Downing, 1623-1684. By John Beresford. (Cobden - Sanderson. 15s.) TIIER.E is something fa.scinatinz about the thought of Downing......