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Scotland The Separate

Allan Massie PATRONAGE AND PRINCIPLE by Michael Fry Aberdeen University Press, f19.50 H appy the land that has no politics; Sir Walter Scott noted that in the 18th cen- tury,......

The Plays Of The Pope

Peter Hebblethwaite THE COLLECTED PLAYS AND WRITINGS ON THE THEATER by Karol Wojtyla, translated with introductions by Bodeslaw Taborski University of California Press, $35 J......

In The Marina At Hilton Head Island

Are boats named in the office (Ocean Beauty, Vagabond, Tyche), lying by the hearth (Boss Lady), or in someone else's bath (Stitchwitch, The Nauti-Lady, The Big Cutie)? It seems......