years, I have found its admirably concise arrangement immensely use¬
ful. Since much of the material comes from what was then the British
Museum, and is now The British Library, it is fitting that the Library
has re-issued it, and made it available to a new and wider public.

ALAN BARTRAM

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He had pitched, as I have said, against the bulwarks, where he
lay like some horrible, ungainly sort of puppet; life-sized, in¬
deed, but how different from life's colour or life's comeliness !
In that position, I could easily have my way with him; and as
the habit of tragical adventures had worn off almost all my
terror for the dead, I took him by the waist as If he had been a
sack of bran, and, with one good heave, tumbled him overboard.

He had pitched, as I have said, against the bulwarks, where he
lay like some horrible, ungainly sort of puppet; life-sized, in¬
deed, but how different from life's colour or life's comeliness!
In that position, I could easily have my way with him; and as
the habit of tragical adventures had worn off almost all my
terror for the dead, I took him by the waist as if he had been a
sack of bran, and, with one good heave, tumbled him overboard.

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