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20 Nov 1959

I Thought Of Europe

The Owl of Minerva. By Gustav Regler. (Hart- Davis, 3Cs.) THERE are several reasons why The Owl...

20 Nov 1959

Come Here Till I Tell You

Maintenance Work on the Hangover B y PATRICK CAMPBELL W HAT we've got, without going into too...

20 Nov 1897

Love Affairs Of Some Famous Men.*

SURELY Mr. Hardy claims a little too much for his work when he says : " Our brother, the ox, and...

20 Nov 1880

The Ritualists And The Law.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:'] SIR,—If it be not too presumptuous in an anonymous writer to...

20 Nov 1982

A Prime Minister's Department?

W ith the British system of government, nothing is impossible. The rules are made up as it goes...

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20 Nov 1959

I Thought Of Europe

20 Nov 1959

Come Here Till I Tell You

20 Nov 1897

Love Affairs Of Some Famous Men.*

20 Nov 1880

The Ritualists And The Law.

20 Nov 1982

A Prime Minister's Department?