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Self-taught Genius

ADOLF PRAG The Mathematical Papers of Isaac Newton volume I, 1664-66, edited by D. T. Whiteside with the assistance of M. A. Hoskin (Cambridge University Press 10 guineas) When......

Strahge Journey

PATRICK COSGRAVE Constance Markievicz, the subject of Miss Marreco's sympathetic and painstaking bio- graphy, once remarked: 'My first realisation of tyranny came from some......

Calais Southward

DAVID WILLIAMS The Litany prays for 'all that travel by land or by water.' bracketing them with prisoners, captives and women labouring of child. And until Thomas Cook the......