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A Conundrum Solved

A.L. Rowse W hen James Joyce died in 1941 T.S. Eliot wrote a letter to the Times to protest against the inadequacy of its obituary notice. Courteous as always, he proposed `one......

With Jane Austen As Patron Saint

Alethea Hayter THE BIRTH OF THE MODERN: WORLD SOCIETY 1815-1830 by Paul Johnson Weidenfeld, £25,pp.1095 O n 8 January 1815 British troops unsuccessfully attacked New Orleans; on......