Shorter Notices
-IT is more than likely that this excellent anthology, now in the third year of its life, will take the place of the " Oxford Book " for this generation. For not only does it run to the inclusion of poems by T. S. Eliot, but its choices take into account the changes in 'poetic taste that set in with the emergence of Mr. Eliot the critic. There is a good deal of poetry of intellectual argument ; Ben Jonson and Daniel, Dryden and Hopkins are well represented, though not to the ex- clusion of the great Romantics. The eighteenth century gets a very fair showing, and the selection of Victorians and Moderns is original and intelligent ; only Browning gets a really raw deal. The book has the great merit of taking skilful excerpts from long poems, and so giving a balanced picture of English poetry as a whole. Headmasters and headmistresses choosing prizes should certainly consider it, for it represents really good value for money. J. M. C.
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