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Books Of The Day

Victorian Individualist THE late Lord Crewe, who died only five years ago, was a very different man from his father Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton (" Dicky Manes "), the subject......

The Letters Of Byron

Byron: A Self-Portrait: Letters and Diaries, 1798-1824. Edited by Peter Quennell. Uohn Murray. 2 vols. 42s. the set.) IN a " foreword " briefer than need was, Mr. Quennell......