21 OCTOBER 1922, page 16

A Court Poet.

THE boldest of literary historians has not ventured to suggest that Thomas Heywood, the " prose Shakespeare " of Lamb's praise, was a descendant from the subject of Professor......

The Virtues Of Herbs.f For All The Ailments Of His

childhood the present reviewer was given comfrey : poultices of comfrey and decoctions of comfrey. It was unpleasant to the touch and abomin- able to the taste ; but " no gain......

The History Of Art.* M. Farrne's History Of Art (of

which the second of the four volumes now appears in translation)-is more a search after the historical and topographical causes for the various manifesta- tions of visual art......

History Without Tears.* Tan Child Of The Present Day Is

a fortunate creature. History, once one of the chief bugbears of the schoolroom, is now becoming, thanks to people like Mr. H. G. Wells and Mr. Hendrik Van Loon, an entrancing......