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A Sense Of Wonder

Oliver Rackham GILBERT WHITE: A BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE by Richard Mabey Century, £14.95 T he Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne is a......

The Bitter Fruits Of Rej Ection

Anita Brookner BARBARA PYM by Robert Emmet Long Ungar, New York, $16.95 T he extraordinary critical fortunes of Barbara Pym are by now too well known to need further......