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City And Suburban

BY JOHN BETJEMAN I DO not like going abroad, and am ashamed to say I have never been to Venice. But so many cultivated people have talked to me about it that I have accepted an......

Holiday Questions

1. What were the names of? a. Sir Isaac Newton's dog. b. Don Quixote's horse. c. Dr. Johnson's 'very fine cat.' d. R. L. Stevenson's donkey. e. Tschiffely's two horses. 1, What......