14 SEPTEMBER 1974, page 51

Mary, Quite Contrary

Margaret Drabble The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft Claire Tomalin (Weidenfeld and Nicolson £4.75) The name of Mary Wollstonecraft is familiar enough: it is one of those......

• Pretty Pierrot

Kay Dick Memories for Tomorrow Jean-Louis Barrault translated by Jonathan Griffin (Thames and Hudson £4.50) Early in his apprenticeship, in the Dullin atelier, Jean-Louis......