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unbridled exercise in fantasy. Even the illusion of reality is not attempted. Mr. Steel, while choosing the present day for his period, writes as though it were as easy to fly......
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The Well-known Cambridge Historian, Dr. J. R. Tanner, Has...
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in last week's Spectator, was quoted as 7s. 6d. It should have been Os.......
General Knowledge Questions
Questions on Italian History Oun weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this week to Signora Lorna De Lucchi, 12 Via Falconetto, Padova,......