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Sailing From Byzantium

A HISTORY OF EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE, 476-911. By Margaret Deanesly. (Methuen, 30s.) TODAY, when so many of the assumptions of European civilisa- tion are under fire, it is......

Lucky George

TIME AND PLACE. By George Scott. (Staples, 16s.) MR. GEORGE SCOTT puts himself forward as a representative of a newly developing social class, the class of the talented young......

Writing About Art

THE ENGLISHNESS OF ENGLISH ART. By Nikolaus Pevsner. (Architectural Press, 16s.) LORENZO LOTTO: PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS. By Bernard Beren- son. (Phaidon Press, 63s.) RAPHAEL. By......