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ALTHOUGH the critics have not been stirred by volumes 1 and 2 of William Clissold's achievement, there should be wigs on the green over volume 3, if it be not above them. Book V. is masterly in many ways—the less said of VI. the better, perhaps. No writer, other than the author, could have preferred the indictment he does against our public-school system and the ancient universities.
The World of William Clissold: a Novel at a New Angle.
H. G. Wells. Vol. 1. Book the First: The Frame of the Picture; Book the Second: The Story of the Clissolds—My Father and the Flow of Things. Pp. 245. 7s. 6d. net. Vol. 2. Book the Third: The Story of the Clissolds—Essence of Dickon; Book the Fourth: The Story of the Clissolds—Tangle of Desires. Pp. 247–601. 7s. 6d. net. Vol. 3. Book the Fifth: The Story of the Clissolds—The Next Phase; Book the Sixth: The Story of the Clissolds—Venus as Evening Star; The Epilogue: Note by Sir Richard Clissold. Pp. 603–885. 7s. 6d. net. (London: Ernest Benn, Ltd., 1926.)
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ARMSTRONG, H. The World of William Clissold: a Novel at a New Angle . Nature 118, 723–728 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118723a0
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