THIS WEEK'S BOOKS
ONE of the most notable ventures in publishing recently has been Messrs. Benn's series of "Augustan Books of Poetry." Here side by side we are given selections from acknowledged classics such as Keats and Shelley, and from what Mr. Robert Graves would describe as the right wing of modern poetry. There are, for example, pamphlets selected from the work of Mr. Edmund Blunden, Mr. Hilaire Belloc, and Mr. Robert Bridges. One would have thought that questions of copyright presented insuperable difficulties to such a scheme ; but perhaps the honour of appearing in company of acknowledged great poets has overcome the financial reluctances of living writers. It still remains astonishing that such well-printed and well-produced books can be sold for sixpence.
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