21 OCTOBER 1978, page 25

On The Hook

Christine Verity In the Office of Constable Robert Mark (Collins £6.95) I found the opening pages of Sir Robert Mark's memoirs not unevocative of that much more famous......

Manorial

George Hutchinson The Honour of St Valery Nicholas DevenPort (Scolar £7.95) Our old friend Nicholas Davenport is a man of many accomplishments. He is a writer, an a ntiquarian,......

Books Received

Disraeli, Derby and the Conservative Party: The Political Journals of Lord Stanley Ed. J. R. Vincent (Harvester £18.50). Stanley was the son of the prime minister, Lord Derby:......