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One Forgotten Masterpiece

Philip Hensher TOBIAS SMOLLETT by Jeremy Lewis Cape, ,f25, pp. 360, ISBN 0224061518 p ersonally, I have a soft spot for Smollett, but from most rational points of view he is......

Looking For Lines

A drift of butterflies — filigree flakes of snow — hover above dark ivy over my garden wall, searching for nectar. Advance, retreat, advance: in triple or quadruple time they......