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The Ivory Tower

Rumour and Reflection. By Bernard Berenson. (Constable. 30s.) I READ most of this book on a sick-bed in the midst of a heat-wave, and found it precisely the medicine 1 needed. I......

Magnifico Among Dealers

IT is not surprising that few people have any idea as to what con- stitutes the business of picture-dealing ; nor that this, business is regarded on one side with envy of the......