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Man’s Craving For Spirits

William Leith PHANTASMAGORIA by Marina Warner OUP, £18.99, pp. 496, ISBN 0199299943 ✆ £15.19 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 W hen I finished this book I asked myself why,......

Looking At Language

Lloyd Evans B EYOND W ORDS by John Humphrys Hodder, £9.99, pp. 240, ISBN 034092375X ✆ £7.99 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 A P LUM IN Y OUR M OUTH by Andrew Taylor......