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Books

At every word a reputation's made Philip Hensher THE ILIAD OF HOMER translated by Alexander Pope Penguin Classics, £16, pp. 1,284 H ere, readily available for the first time in......

The Charm Of The

even queerer Robert Oakeshott DINOSAUR IN A HAYSTACK by Stephen Jay Gould Cape, £18.99, pp. 480 W hen and why was the column — or More accurately the puzzle strip — 'Believe it......