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Watches Of The Night

James Teacher LONGITUDE: THE TRUE STORY OF A LONE GENIUS WHO SOLVED THE GREATEST SCIENTIFIC PROBLEM OF HIS TIME by Dava Sobel Fourth Estate, £12, pp. 176 n 22 October 1707......

Composed, Solitary And Observant

Frances Partridge THE COLLECTED LETTERS OF KATHERINE MANSFIELD: VOLUME IV, 1920-1921 edited by Vincent O'Sullivan and Margaret Scott Clarendon, £45, pp. 362 I t would be......