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Decline And Fall

JOHN HAYES The History of the Royal Academy, 1768-1968 Sidney C. Hutchison (Chapman and Hall 70s) William Shipley : Founder of the Royal Society of Arts D. G. C. Allan......

Shorter Notices

British Political Facts 1900-1967 David Butler and Jennie Freeman (Macmillan 63s). A second edition of this invaluable work of refer- ence. New material includes a list of......

Big Spenders

FRANCES DONALDSON In the 1920s rich American women often settled in England because they found high society, which in New York was impregnable, a pushover in London. Mrs......