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The Magic Castle

Elizabeth Jenkins Windsor Castle In The History of the Nation A. L. Rowse (Weidenfeld and Nicholson £3.95) Or Rowse speaks in this book of the "informed imagination"; that is......

Happy Wilderness

Robert Dougall Design for a Wilderness Philip Wabble (Pelham Books £2.25). The Companion Guide to the coast of NorthEast England John Seymour (Collins E2.95) I first met Phil......

Crime Compendium

Ripley's Game Patricia Highsmith (Heinemann £2.50) I found, chatting to her last week, that Patricia Highsmith is still vaguely annoyed when her books are reviewed along with......