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Lying Under The Greenwood Tree

Frances Spalding A RING OF CONSPIRATORS: HENRY JAMES AND HIS LITERARY CIRCLE, 1895-1915 by Miranda Seymour Hodder & Stoughton, £17.95 pp.327 H enry James's asssociation with Rye......

Explaining The Undead

Anthony Daniels VAMPIRES, BURIAL AND DEATH by Paul Barber Yale, £14.95, pp.224 T here is a je ne sais quoi about death. Young doctors soon come to recognise it, even without......

Among Next Week's Contributors John Bayley On Naval...

Carr on sporting art Max Egremont on English country houses......