18 APRIL 1952, page 28

The Public Career Of Sir James Graham.

By Arvel B. Erickson. (Blackwell. 32s.) IN the history of nineteenth-century reform politics Sir James Graham has his place as Peel 's chief lieutenant and Home Secretary in the......

Shorter Notices

THIS is an excellent selection of writings from eighteenth-century critics, beginning with Dennis and ending with Uvedale Price, designed to show how in the eighteenth century......

Les Fleurs Du Mal. By Baudelaire. Ren-, Dered Into English

by Alan Conder. (Cassell. 12s. 6d.) THE translator of poetry always attempts the impossible ; he is, in the large majority of cases, pitting his talent against genius, and,......