16 SEPTEMBER 1978, page 21

Art And The Man

Martin Butlin William Blake, His Life and Works Jack Lindsay (Constable 29.50) In the case of few artists more than Wil" ham Blake can it truly be said that the art was the man.......

Bravura

Jill Craigie Women and Children First Mary Cadogan and Patricia Craig (Gollancz £7.50) In their survey of the subliminal effect of war fiction, or, rather, of that of the first......

Fabricator

Lynn Cardiff Audubon John Chancellor (Weidenfeld £6.95) Any biography of Audubon makes a cheerful antidote to that depressing modern maxim that if a man is to succeed in life,......