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Books

If thou wilt, remember Paul Jarmin ROBERT SOUTHEY: A LIFE by Mark Storey OUP, f25, pp.383 I f the name Robert Southey (1774-1843) means anything to the present generation of......

Include Me Out

Alberto Manguel EXTRAVAGANT STRANGERS edited by Caryl Phillips Faber, £15.99, pp. 260 T hose who require definitions of nationality should follow the example of Mr Podsnap,......

Clerihew Corner

About George Brown Goode We know about as much as we should. He was — and I've checked the date US fish commissioner in 1888. James Michie......