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London's Gloomiest Couple

Simon Hefter THE COLLECTED LETTERS OF THOMAS AND JANE CARLYLE, VOLUMES 29 AND 30 edited by Ian Campbell and others Duke University Press, 905 West Main Street, Suite 18B,......

Grand Old Amanuensis

Jane Ridley MARY GLADSTONE: A GENTLE REBEL by Shelia Gooddie Wiley, £16.99, pp. 257, ISBN 0470854235 p rime ministers' families are interesting subjects for biography, and the......