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Russia Through The Looking Glass Books

TIBOR SZAMUELY Foreign travellers' reports on Russia have an importance all their own, quite apart from the general value of historical sources. Unlike nationals of other......

Darwin's Captain

OLIVER WARNER What a pleasure it is to come upon a bio- graphy which is at once scrupulous, well mannered and concerned with a subject emi- nently worth while. Vice-Admiral......

Fine And Handy

DAVID PIPER Hogarth : the Complete Engravings Joseph Burke and Colin Caldwell (Thames and Hud- son 105s) Ronald Paulson's edition of Hogarth's Graphic Works was published by the......