11 DECEMBER 1971, page 19

Building Blocks

David Watkin William Butterfield Paul Thompson (Routledge and Kegan Paul £10) Pugin Phoebe Stanton (Thames and Hudson £2.95) At last it seems that some of the studies of......

Believe It Or Else

Martin Amis The Guinness Book of Records Ross and Norris McWhirter (Guinness Superlatives E1.10) The review notes to this, the eighteenth edition, give a preview of "a few items......

Sharp And Roth

Auberon Waugh The Innocents Margery Sharp (Heinemann £1.50) Our Gang Philip Roth (Cape M.75) , Miss Sharp's latest novel came out in October, un-noticed by any reviewer, so far......