15 SEPTEMBER 1917, Page 16

Blessed are the Dead : an Anthology. Compiled by A.

E. Manning Foster. (Cope and Ifenwick. 3s. ltd. Tho idea of this hook is to present Death beautifully as man through the eyes of ancient and modern poets, philosophers and sages." Like nest anthologies, it might be wallowed with advantage, but the editor has brought together many fine things in verse and prose, and some that aro not as familiar as they should be. Let vs instance a passage from the " Manchester at Monde " of the first Earl of Man- chester, who did not spell his name " Montague," as the editor does. That dignified little book ran through many editions in the seventeenth century, but has seldom been reprinted since.