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Quagtalk

or Liberal by Definition This is the solid-looking quagmire The bright-green ground that tempts the tread And lets you down into despond. Enough consistence to conform, Enough......

The Good Old Form

A Cupful of Tears : Sixteen Victorian Novel- ettes. Selected by Martin Seymour-Smith. (Wolfe, 25s.) INTRINSIC knowledge of others is the novel's marvellous gift. The......