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Small Elephant At Dove Cottage

Victoria Glendinning T HE B ALLAD OF D OROTHY WORDSWORTH by Frances Wilson Faber, £16.99, pp. 267, ISBN 97805771230471 ✆ £13.59 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 T his is a lively......

Plunging Into The Hurly-burly

Rupert Christiansen T HE R EST IS N OISE : L ISTENING TO THE T WENTIETH C ENTURY by Alex Ross Fourth Estate, £20, pp.624, ISBN 9781841154756 ✆ £16 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655......

Thom Gunn

We set out to explore the poison root, To etch the brain with new cartography, The harbour-glitter and the wine-dark sea. The only rule was endless latitude. Let the unready......