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Common

sense Kenneth Lindsay Prologue to Education John N. Wales (Routledge £4.75) In Britain and the United States there i5 always a plethora of books about Education. Following on......

Two Women

Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd Maria Pasqua Magdalen Goffin (Oxford 24.95) Lady Blessington at Naples Ed. Edith Clay (Ham ish Hamilton £8.50) When Evelyn Waugh was sent the first......

Regency

Douglas Johnson Philippe, Duke of Orleans Regent of France1715 - 1723J. H. Shennan (Thames and Hudson E8.50) It is sometimes said that Napoleon was always in a hurry, as if he......