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CONSIDERED WRITERS. By Eugene Mason. (Methuen. 5s.) MR. MASON discourses

very much in the spirit of an affable companion in an arm-chair. He writes in a strain of remin- iscence very suggestive of the evening pipe, and gives us some of his own conclusions upon three literatures, ranging from the eleventh to the twentieth century. There is a delightful character study of Mr. Hilaire Belloc, and pleasant criticisms of the work of Mr. John Masefield and Mr. John Drinkwater.