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Reports From Another Species

J. L. Carr CHILDHOOD: AN ANTHOLOGY edited by Penelope Hughes-Hallett Collins, £16, pp. 450 I t is a shame that our planet does not harbour another literate species to report......

Books

Saint or stinker? Robert Gray JOHN HENRY NEWMAN by Ian Ker OUP, £48, pp.745 N ewman has always evoked extreme reactions, both of admiration and hostility. On the one hand, his......