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Books

The whale and the minnow Peter Ackroyd Lord Alfred Douglas H. Montgomery Hyde (Methuen £14.95) I t was not a happy family; most of Lord Alfred Douglas's ancestors seem to have......

Whistler's Father & Co.

Ferdinand Mount The Smiths of Moscow Harvey Pitcher (Swallow House, 37 Bernard Road, Cromer, £5.95) W hat am I bid for a manuscript, original and unpublished, telling the story......