In A Christmas Book (Dent, 6s.) we have a medley
worthy to rank with The Weekend Book. Mr. D. B. Wyndham Lewis and his collaborator, Mr. G. C. Hesletine, together with Mr. A. C. Harradine (who provides the decorations and the music for carols) have wrought as pretty a spell as ever conjured up the spirit of Christmas. The sweets of St. Augustine, Froissart, St. Teresa, and Herrick are happily blended with the spices of Jonathan Swift, Martial and Rabelais, and the mixture is rendered piquant by extracts from the Arundel MS., lightened by Surtees and Lamb, and, salted by Chaucer, Mr. Chesterton, Mr. Belloc, and Mr. Milne all contribute their share of good things. Many of the ingredients have been used here for the first time, and those that are familiar are too valuable to be dispensed with.
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