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Into Something Rich And Queer

Francis King MARCEL PROUST: A BIOGRAPHY by George D. Painter Chatto & Windus, f20, pp. 800 MARCEL PROUST: SELECTED LETTERS VOL. II 1904-1909 edited by Philip Kolb, translated by......

Rebunking Of A Rum Cove

Geoffrey Wheatcroft BADEN-POWELL by Tim Jeal Hutchinson £18.95, pp.670 T h e whole idea of journalistic batten- ing on one's intimate relationships is re- pugnant to me',......