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Russian Literature In The Doldrums

SOVIET literature today is in the position of a brilliant youngster who has never quite succeeded in doing what was expected of him at his preparatory school. The militant......

Pope's Secret Miscellany

Pope's Own Miscellany. Edited by Norman Ault. (Nonesuch Press. 22s. 6d.) MISCELLANIES containing " Poems by Various Hands," often assembled by anonymous editors, were a common......

A Scientist Looks At The Monks

Black Angels of Athos. By Michael Choukas. (Constable. 12s.) THE latest study of Mount Athos is the work of a writer peculiarly well qualified for the task. Mr. Choukas, being a......