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Goethe From A New Angle

German Studies. Presented to L. A. Willoughby by pupils, colleagues and friends on his retirement. '(Blackwell. 42s.) THE enigmatic figure of Frilulein von Klettenberg dominates......

Donne And Milton

DONNE is one of the few poets we can enjoy reading with a com- mentary. The compression of his thought challenges the pursuit of his digressive images. The grating of the rhythm......

Unchanging Russia

Journey for our Time: The Journals of the Marquis de Custine. (Arthur Barker. 16s.) IT is doubtful whether that frigid and enquiring French nobleman, the Marquis de Custine,......