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For Men Must Work And Women Must Weep

William Scammell A PASSIONATE SISTERHOOD by Kathleen Jones Constable, £20, pp. 313 N o man is a hero to his valet', said Byron. The point wasn't lost on Mrs Milton, Mrs Dickens,......

Our Farmers Round, Well-pleased With Constant Gain

Bryn Green THE KILLING OF THE COUNTRYSIDE by Graham Harvey Cape, £16.99, pp. 218 T he idea of the countryside and our love of it are both rather peculiar to Britain. The great......