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Terra Incognita

Andrew Brown Atlantis C ome years ago I read an article on ,...Ivarieties of certainty that so impressed me that I dreamed about it twice, and when I met the author summoned up......

The Elusive Acton

Julian Jebb Oxford, China and Italy: Writings in Honour of Sir Harold Acton Edited by Edward Chaney and Neil Ritchie (Thames & Hudson £18) W ho will buy this book? Presumably......