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Before Flopsy Was The Mycologist

John McEwen A VICTORIAN NATURALIST: BEATRIX POTTER'S DRAWINGS FROM THE ARMITT COLLECTION by Eileen Jay, Mary Noble and Anne Stevenson Hobbs Warne, f25, pp. 191 T oo many of the......

In Search Of An Old Pretender

James Lees-Milne THE EMPTY THRONE by Tony Scotland Viking, f16.99, pp. 186 U ntil recently Tony Scotland was known as one of Radio 3's star announcers and comperes. Foi 20 years......

To Mark The 50th Anniversary Of Her Death, An Exhibition

of the natural history drawings, Beatrix Potter — A Victorian Naturalist, can be seen at Inverleith House, The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh until 25 July.......