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Charles H. Foster

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A Truncated Version of Whittier

The Letters of John Greenleaf Whittier. Edited by John B. Pickard. Harvard. 3 volumes. $75.00. In the light of current pactice in editing, Mr. Pickard's first two volumes of Whittier's letters meet all the tests, which is to say that he has treat [...]

Montaigne Incarnate

The Matter of My Book: Montaigne's "Essais" as the Book of the Self. By Richard L. Regosin. California. $11.75. MONTAIGNE has evoked more diverse interpretations than any other creator of a world masterpiece, and I might as well lay my own bias on [...]