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Elegant Stews

Isabel Colegate Bath: A Social History 1680-1850 R.S. Neale (Routledge pp. 466, £18, £14.50 until 31 October) The City of Bath, having been from Roman times a pleasure resort,......

Curiosities

Jonathan Keates John Evelyn and His World John Bowie (Routledge pp.277, £12.50) Of all periods in the history of the written word in English, the 17th century is surely the most......

Singing Bird

Raleigh Trevelyan Christina Rossetti Georgina Battiscombe (Constable pp.233, £9.50) It must be daunting to start work on a biography of Christina Rossetti. The documentation is......