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Poet's Face

Portraits of Wordsworth. By Frances Blanshard. (Allen and Unwin, 50s.) MRS. BLANSHARD knows of eighty-seven portraits of Wordsworth—twice as many as anybody be- fore her—and the......

Bridling The Earls

John Maitland of Thirlestane and the Foundation of the Stewart Despotism in Scotland. By Maurice Lee, Jr. (Princeton University Press: O.U.P., 48s.) THERE are two main themes in......

Iron Curtain Up

Entertainment in Russia. By Faubion Bowers. (Nelson, 42s.) THIS book throws a rare and particular light on part of Soviet existence. And that is something we cannot have too......