24 MARCH 1973, page 13

J. I. M. Stewart On

the laird of Abbotsford There is a point in Quentin Durward at which the hero seeks to impress the Count of Crevecoeur with the consequence of his ancestors, the Durwards of......

Butterfly Nut

Auberon Waugh Another Roadside A ttraction Tom Robbins (W. H. Allen £2.25) Love on the Coast William Cooper (Macmillan £2.50) "There are only three things that I like,"......