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Classic Americans By Henry Seidel Canby

There is in America to-day a very strong attempt to break away completely from the European tradition, and in par- ticular from that of the En g lish. Like many critics, Mr.......

The Universal Dictionary Of The English. Language Edited...

Cecil Wyld A dictionary that is not either a .midget or a monster has long been needed, to bridge the g ulf between: the standard Oxford Dictionary and the more portable, but......

Whatever Opinion May Be Held Of Fascism As A Material

benefactor of Italy, none can deny that it has inflicted on her a moral wrong, for it has annihilated freedom of thought. This it does in self-defence, and that it should have......

St. Thomas Becket In Art By Tancred Borenius

Henry VIII, in his reforming zeal, not merely looted the shrine of St. Thomas at Canterbury and ordered all memorials of him to be defaced, but also proclaimed that he was no......

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