25 DECEMBER 1926, Page 17

. ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—I am endeavouring to compile a comprehensive' biblio- graphy of imaginative literature in any hu,plage dealing with capital punishment.

The work of Hugo, Dickens, Thaekeray, Dostoevsky, Wilde, Hardy, arid Masefield is, of course, well known in this connexion, but enquiries will no doubt elicit many valuable contributions from unexpected qUarters. The help of your renders in compiling an adequate bibliography of the Death Penalty in literature will be'greatly appreciated.—I am, Sir, &6., E. ROY CALVERT, Secretary, National Council for the Abolition of the Death Penalty.

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