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Gift For The Gaffe

ELIZABETH BOWEN Making Conversation Christine Longford (Faber 28s) Christine Longford's Making Conversation first came out in 1931. Anyone who was con- scious at that time must......

The Elysians

NIGEL DENNIS The town of Elysia is famous for its raspberries, The raspberry-fields run to the horizon on every side: Between each field lies a strip of water-meadow On which......