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An Eighteenth Century Footman

Memoirs of an Eighteenth-Century Footman. Travels by John Macdonald (1745-1779). Edited by John Beresford. Illustrated. (Routledge. 10s. 6d.) IN the rainy autumn of 1745, when......

The Return Of The Tragic Muse

MR. MASEFIELD'S first-hand experience with his travelling theatre has given him great cunning in play-making. It has also tended to specialize his skill, for his later plays,......

Epigrammatic Philosophy

Intimations. By Gabriel Wells. (Constable. 7s. 6d.) Ma. GABRIEL WELLS is familiar to our readers. His style is sensitive, and he has compressed a good deal of wisdom into little......

The Spectator.

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