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Marginalia

Peter Conrad John Constable 1776-1837 John Lloyd Fraser (Hutchinson £6.95) Constable and his world Reg Gadney (Thames and Hudson £3.50) Bicentennials are acts less of......

Thick End

Duncan Fallowell Streets of Conflict Michael Anthony (Andre Deutsch £2.95) The Elusive Earl Barbara Cartland (Hutchinson £3.50) The Former Miss Merthyr Tydfil Alun Richards......

Two Countries

Shiva Naipaul Changing Jamaica Adam Kuper (Routledge and Kegan Paul £4.95) For much of its unedifying history Jamaica has been haunted by spectres of one kind or another. The......