22 JANUARY 1983, page 23

Hooperisms

Peter Levi The Writings of Evelyn Waugh Ian Littlewood (Blackwell £12.50) E velyn Waugh's prose style is humorous, lucid, biting and very modern. It is not at all easy to......

Prince Of Poets

Peter Quennell The Life of John Milton A.N. Wilson (Oxford University Press £9.95) L ondon, during the latter half of the 17th century, was much visited by foreign tourists; and......

Permissiveness

Patrick Skene Catling Prejudices: A Philosophical Dictionary Robert Nisbet (Harvard University Press £12.25) R obert Nisbet, Albert Schweitzer Pro- fessor of the Humanities,......