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James's Fools

The Comic Sense of Henry James. By Richard Poirer. (Chatto and Windus, 30s.) RICHARD. POIRER quotes, in his first chapter, a passage from James's Preface to The Spoils of......

Discourse And Actions

Charles 11. By Hesketh Pearson. (Heineman!' 21s.) CHARLES II is easily the most intelligent king i English history. His epigrams often incorporat very shrewd political analysis.......