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Great Unwashed

OLIVER WARNER The Victorian Underworld Kellow Chesney (Temple Smith 60s) With what a sneer pedagogues of a genera- tion or so ago used to refer to 'the great un- washed,'......

Comedy Turns

MICHAEL BORRIE Illuminated Manuscripts of the Divine Comedy Peter Brieger, Millard Meiss and Charles S. Singleton (Rciutledge 2 vols £22) These splendid volumes, planned for the......

Playing For Keeps

ASHLEY BROWN Selected Letters of Theodore Roethke edited by Ralph J. Mills Jr (Faber 60s) This well-edited selection of letters will be of considerable interest to admirers of......