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European Mandarins

Norman Stone Europe in the Twentieth Century George Lichtheim (Weidenfeld and Nicholson £4.50) Civilisation is in the eye of the beholder; and George Lichtheim has a peculiar......

Other People's Babies

Minette Marrin The Rise and Fall of the British Nanny Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy (Hodder and Stoughton £3.95) When a writer has the originality to annex the obvious, his book is......