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[MarchAssociates,Collis.(New 1959, pp.York 221.: William$4.00.) was a personallatter’s request to his SelectedThe author of friend of Havelockhe had EssaysEllis. At thewritten the Introduction for the Everyman Library. It is well that he has here set down his ownof one of letters. of the world’s great thinkers His book is not a biography sense ; he is content to havesion, which was printed in England. A dealer was sued for selling “a certain lewd wicked bawdy scandalous and obscene libel.” The book was not defended and the case was lost. The judge added his testimony. He addressed the book seller : “You might . . . perhaps have been gulled into the belief that some one might say that this is a scientific book. Butit is impossible for anyone with a head on hisimpressions and menin the ordinary “brought out what is relevant during the most creative years”the life ofstory heEllis.ography,But andquotes. the interest is less in the outward events more in the natural history of a mind. Mr. Collis’ book appropriately commernorates the centenary of H. E.’s birth in 1859. The author has a good deal to say about My Life. He does not consider it a work