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The Last Of Old London

A.N. Wilson The Changing Metropolis: Earliest Photographs of London 1839-1879 Gavin Stamp (Viking £14.95) W hitehall, 1839, in bright September weather. Rays of sunlight coming......

The Loveliness Of Swans

Shirley Letwin In the Age of Prose Erich Heller (Cambridge University Press £7.50) s ince the 17th century, we have had nothing to match the battle between the Ancients and the......