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Oldest. Public School

Winchester College. By J. D'E. Firth. (Winchester Publications. 30s.) IN this story of the oldest of the public schools it is possible to follow English history of the last five......

Walden Pond

Henry David Thoreau. By Joseph Wood Krutch. American Men of Letters Series. (Methuen. 15s.) EVEN now, eighty-six years after his death, it is not an easy task to assess......