13 NOVEMBER 1982, page 24

Overflowing

Peter Levi A Right to Song:The Life of John Clore Edward Storey (Methuen £14.95) F ifty years ago John Clare was a poet o f obscure and mysterious attraction, lase William......

Merchant Of Venice

Marc Jordan Canaletto J. G. Links (Phaidon £27.50) I t i s almost as if J. G. Links's Canaletto has two heroes. The unloveable Joseph s" mtth h British consul in Venice, is far......

Serpentine

Francis King The Masque of St Eadmundsburg Humphrey R. Morrison (Blond & Briggs £7.95) C ince, in its passage from classical L./to mediaeval times, the Latin word universitas......