14 JUNE 1969, page 20

Henry James At Home H. Montgomery Hyde (methuen 45s). An

illuminating and touching portrait of the Master as domestic man—a role which, it emerges from this book, he fulfilled with the rarest tact and grace. Minutely aware of his......

Inward Hunger: The Education Of A Prime Minister Eric...

(Andre Deutsch 42s). Roaring bore SHIVA NAIPAUL `Woodford Square roared its approval and the roar was heard in London and Wash- ington. I had crossed the Rubicon. The audience......

Shorter Notices

The Counter Reformation A. G. Dickens (Thames and Hudson 35s cloth. 21s paper). Professor A. G. Dickens has contributed a further admirable volume to the Thames and Hudson......

The Bogus Image Of Bernard Shaw R. J. Minney (leslie

Frewin 35s). Not what the title seems to promise—a demolition of Shaw's claim to be a major playwright. Instead assorted anecdotes and reminis- cences purporting to reveal the......

More Dead Than Alive

ARTS HILARY SPURLING If this has been so far a singularly fine season—containing, among other pleasures too numerous to mention. Nicol William- son's Hamlet at the Roundhouse, a......