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The Fabians. By Norman and Jeanne MacKenzie. New York: Simon and Schuster; London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1977. pp. 446. $12.95; £8.50. - The Letters of Sidney and Beatrice Webb. Edited by Norman MacKenzie. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978. Volume I: Apprenticeships, 1873–1892. pp. XX + 453. £22. Volume II: Partnership, 1892–1912. pp. XV + 405. £22. Volume III: Pilgrimage, 1912–1947. pp. xii + 482. £22. (£60 the set.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

G. R. Searle
G. R. Searle
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University of East Anglia
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The Historical Journal , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , December 1979 , pp. 1027 - 1030
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5 Of course, it was quite possible, as Sydney Olivier demonstrated, to be both a ‘bohemian’ and a ‘bureaucrat’; these are not mutually exclusive categories.