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A Monument Of Scholarship

Robert Blake Horace Walpole's Correspondence edited by W. S. Lewis Vols. 37, 38 and 39 (Oxford University Press and Yale University Press £12.95 each volume) The Yale edition of......

Eliot Had The Word For It

John Blackwood One mark of recognition of an author's work is the quotation, borrowing or just the plain theft of his words. By this standard T. S. Eliot's work, just ten years......