23 DECEMBER 1989, page 71

From Archways To Cabbages

George Clive THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF ENGLISH GARDENS by Jane Brown Weidenfeld & Nicolson, .£40, pp.320 THE GLORY OF THE BRITISH GARDEN by Mary Keen Barrie &Jenkins, 125,......

The Price Of Fame

David Ekserdjian GIOVANNI BELLINI by Rona Goffen Yale, £39.95, pp. 288 I n 1506 Albrecht Diirer wrote a letter home from Venice to his friend Willibald Pirckheimer. He described......

The Present

He stepped into the room, permitted, Seen, not heard, His father stood With glass in hand but sober-suited: Mother, has the boy been good? I think he has. Her voice came faintly......