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Misfits

Brian Masters Eccentric Travellers John Keay (John Murray, BBC £9.50) ccentric behaviour', writes John -L . /Keay, 'is not the result of ignoring logic but of pursuing it to......

Gladstone Ascendant

Agatha Ramm Gladstone : Vol 1 : 1809 - 1865 Richard Shannon (Hamish Hamilton £18) T he accumulation of material available to the public about Gladstone, welcome though it is,......

Books Wanted

THE OBSCURE BIRD OF NIGHT by J. Donoso, translated by H. St Martin and L. Mades (Cape). Write to Duncan Fallowell, The Old Boat House, Shooters Hill, Pangbourne, Berks. SPIRIT......