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Against Reason

MARTIN SEYMOUR-SMITH This scholarly and well printed new edition of the poems of one of the most interesting men, and consistently underrated poets, of the seven- teenth century......

The Colour Line

ASHLEY BROWN The Wife of His Youth Charles W. Chesnutt (University of Michigan Press; Barrie and Rock- liff : The Cresset Press cloth 32s 6d, paper 17s 6d) This collection of......