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''My father would not have wasted time reading -- a trait I have inherited from him.''

The unmistakeable voice of Deborah Devonshire, the youngest of the Mitford sisters, rings out of this second volume of her occasional writings. As broad and eclectic as her long and eventful life, the pieces range from a ringside view of John F. Kennedy''s inauguration and funeral, a valedictory for her local po...