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A Steady, Rewarding Gaze

David Profumo A lthough his work comes garlanded with enviable accolades from fellow Ameri- can authors — 'Brilliant. Sentence for sen- tence Salter is the master', Richard Ford......

My Palace For A Gorgeous Hermitage

Evelyn Joll THE HERMITAGE by Geraldine Norman Cape, f20, pp. 386 T he recent addition to the Louvre has made it the largest museum in the world, but the Hermitage has plans for......