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Poets And Poetry.

A METRICAL FEAT4 IT has been said that it is very convenient to have won a Victoria Cross. After that. you need no longer scruple to acknow- ledge your fear of a bathe in a cold......

The Works Of Aristotle Translated Into English : De Caelo

: De Generations et Corruptions. (Clarendon Press. 10s. net.)—Mr. J. L. Stocks has translated and annotated "On the Heavenly Bodies" and Professor Joachim " On Coming-to-be and......

Social Life In The Days Of Piers Plowman,. By D.

Chadwick. (Cambridge University Press. 10s. 6d. net.)—Miss Chadwick has made an interesting book by selecting and arranging from the three versions of Piers Plowman the details......

The Weapon Of The Strike. By Arthur Paterson. (hodder And

Stoughton. 6s. net.)—Mr. Paterson, in this readable book reviews the past history of the Arlie. He shows how violent methods, such as Brooke Herford bravely denounced at......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] Camping. By J. Scott Moore. (George Newnes. 9d.)— Mr. Scott Moore's little book is thoroughly practical,......

A Prologwe To American History. By S. E. Morison. (clirendon

Press. 2s. net.)—Professor Morison of Harvard is the first occupant of the Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth chair of American History at Oxford. His inaugural lecture, delivered on June......