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Mrs Cross

Peter Ackroyd Johnnie Cross Terence de Vere White (Gollancz £7.95) john Walter Cross married George E it° . 1 J just eight months before her death; ta r his Life of George Eliot......

Mrs Ward

Norman Vance Helbeck of Bannisdale Mrs Humphry Ward, edited and introduced by Brian Worthington (Penguin £2.95) t is time we started reading Mrs Humphry Ward again. Penguin have......