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But Not In The South

James Lees-Milne THE CLASSICAL COUNTRY HOUSE IN SCOTLAND, 1660-1800 by James Macaulay Faber, f25 E ven Sir John Summerson's compre- hensive Architecture in Britain 1530-1830......

What Price The Muse?

Fool, said my Muse, don't look into that heart For it is an imaginary part. As to the past, the best is to be dumb And of the future say: It's still to come. The present, then?......

Lots Of Things In The Garden Are Lovely

Rupert Christiansen THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY by Frances Donaldson Weidenfeld & Nicolson, L16.95 A n atmosphere of crisis is essential to the success of......