13 DECEMBER 1930, Page 32

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It is impossible to have too many editions of Henry Field- ing's The history of Tom Jones. Messrs. John Lane have published this year a large, fat, heavy volume, containing the eighteen books of which Tom Jones consists, at the price of 35s. In spite of its weight, this edition is quite manageable to read, except, of course, in bed. Mr. G. Spencer Pryse's illustrations are unusual but sometimes delightful, portico, . blrlY the composition of "Sophia Locked In.'

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