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Ecumenopolis

SIMON JENKINS Cities on the Move Arnold Toynbee (Oxford University Press 42s) I am always suspicious of subjects which have been plundered from older disciplines and then been......

Lutherama

GORDON RUPP Luther Richard Friedenthal (Weidenfeld and Nicolson 90s) Having just finished Mr Friedenthal's satisfy- ing and impressive study of Goethe, I turned hopefully to......

Books Curate's Eggs

Martin SEYMOUR-SMITH The Sphere History of Literature in the English Language: Vol. 1: The Middle Ages edited W. F. Bolton Vol 2: English Poetry and Prose 1540-1674 edited......