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The Technic of Versification. By William Odling. (Oxford : Parker.

4s. 6d. net.)--The elementary principles of English verse are explained in this little book by the late Professor of Chemistry at Oxford, by means of a long series of illustrations from familiar poems and hymns with the feet clearly marked. Professor Odling's scansion is not always con- vincing, but his systematic analysis of our poetic forma will interest a good many people.