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'towering Foolscap'

A. E. Housman: Scholar and Poet. By Norman Marlow. (Routledge, 21s.) Tilts is, say the publishers, 'the first full-length study to be published of the poetry of A. E. Housman.'......

Revised Reporting

The American Earthquake. By Edmund son. (W. H. Allen, 37s. 6d.) THIS selection from Mr. Wilson's non-literary articles written during the Twenties and earl) Thirties is divided,......

Voice Of The Irish

The Steadfast Man: A Life of St. Patrick. By Paul Gallico. (Michael Joseph, 12s. 6d.) PATRICIAN scholarship is in a state of high con- fusion. The trouble is that literacy was......

Chess

(1st Prize, 'American Chess Bulletin,' 1956) BLACK (6 men) WHITE (9 men) WHITE to play and mate in two moves: solution next week. Solution to last week's problem by Fink: Q - B......