28 DECEMBER 1974, page 22

Fiction

Short is beautiful Peter Ackroyd London Magazine Stories 9 edited by Alan Ross (London Magazine Editions £2.75) Winter's Tales 20 edited by A. D. Maclean (Macmillan £2,95) If......

Talking Of Books

Animal magic Benny Green I cannot let the year pass without raising my hat and my glass to one of the most delightful and original heroes to appear in print in 1974, the......

Bookbuyeris

Bookend This year's Christmas bestseller lists have contained few surprises — so few in fact that Bookbuyer's summer predictions have proved distressiggly near the mark. Once......