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Alfred De Vigny

HERE is an admirable translation of one of the great books of French literature. Vigny's passionate and clear prose offers a challenge to translators in exacting measure. In the......

A Writer Of Quality

The House of Mirth. The Age of Innocence. By Edith Wharton. (John Lehmann. 12s. 6d. each.) Two things have been chiefly responsible for the dimming of the reputation of Edith......