10 OCTOBER 1952, page 19

Books Of The Week

A Claim For Browning Robert Browning. By J. M. Cohen. (Longman. 10s. 6d.) YES, it is true: "No major English poet is worse served by the anthologist than is Robert . Browning."......

What Lincoln Fought For

Abraham Lincoln. By Herbert Agar. (Collins. 7s. 6d.) CHANCE plays a strange part in human affairs. Abraham Lincoln splitting rails in Illinois bought an old barrel full of......

Rose Macaulay, C. E. Vulliamy And Seton Gordon Wt7l Be

among the reviewers in next week's "Spectator."......