14 AUGUST 1971, page 16

Dermot Fenlon On The Stability Of Venice

Rich and Poor in Renaissance Venice Brian Pullan (Blackwell £6.50) By the close of the sixteenth century the freedom of Venice from popular disturbance was becoming a subject of......

Auberon Waugh On Foreign Novels

The Blind Owl Sadegh Hedayat (Calder and Boyars £1.60) White Dog Romain Gary (Cape £2.50) Now that everybody is abroad on holiday, the moment has surely come to look at the......