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Grey Of The

Reform Bill Robert Blake LORD GREY 1764-1845 by E. A. Smith OUP, f37.50, pp. 328 the 'Great Reform Act' Ministry of 1830- 34 is not an easy subject for a biographer. This may be......

The Purest Of Aesthetes

John McEwen CHARLES RICKETTS: A BIOGRAPHY by J. G. P. Delaney Clarendon, LSO, pp. 429 M ention of Charles Ricketts RA (1866-1931) usually has the effect of ring- ing distant......