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Generous Estimates

Puzzles and Epiphanies. By Frank Kermode. (Routledge, Kegan Paul, 25s.) IN a study of his business called The Gay Science, the amiable Victorian critic Dallas, who is now almost......

Voice From The Depths

Maxim Gorky. By Richard Hare. (O.U.P., 21s.) ONLY by the exercise of a powerful imagination can one hope to write a convincing study of so vital a personality as Maxim Gorky.......