Genius Loci
Freedom of the Parish. By Geoffrey Grigson. (Phoenix House. 21s.) ANY village that is relatively unspoiled is to be prized, but the village and parish of Peylint, in Cornwall,......
Lapland Fever
The Way of the Four Winds. By Yrjo Kokko. (Gollancz. 16s.) clouds—not material goods, not men, not even the deer. So if in the end they die out and their bright blue clothes,......
Italy's Greatest Novelist
Manzoni and His Times. By Archibald Colquhoun. (J. M. Dent. 21s.) WHEN Mr. Colquhoun's fine translation of Manzoni's I Promessi Sposi appeared two or three years ago, reviewers......
Mexican Architecture
The Story of Architecture in Mexico. By Trent E. Sandford. (Vision Press. 42s.) Mexico has—small wonder—often had a seemingly intoxicating effect on its delineators, painters......
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