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A Candid Diarist

The Diary of Dudley Ryder, 1715-1716. Edited by William Matthews. (Methuen. 16s.) FEW diarists possess the essential virtue of candour. Fear of prying eyes, or a conscious......

Keats : A Classic Edition

No doubt an ordinary simple text of Keats's poems will serve very well for many occasions, and many readers ; but it was perceived in the poet's lifetime, by his philological......