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Becoming A Member Of The Oldest Club

Jonathan Sumption HENRY JAMES: A LIFE IN LETTERS edited by Philip Horne Allen Lane, £25, pp. 667 T here has never been a complete edition of Henry James's letters. The sheer......

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Winner of the old crocks' race Bevis Hillier ENGLISH PORCELAIN, 1745-95 by Hilary Young V&A Publications, £50, pp. 229 I n the late 1960s there was a spate of `What is ... ? '......