30 NOVEMBER 1985, page 36

Beggars, Pillars Of Society

Eric Christiansen MASTERLESS MEN: THE VAGRANCY PROBLEM IN ENGLAND 1560-1640 by A.L. Beier Methuen, £19.95 A ccording to everyone who knows, we are being eaten alive by social......

As Expected, Only More So

Gabriele Annan SELECTED LETTERS OF CH ARLES DICKENS Edited and arranged by David Paroissien Macmillan, £25 is bilious system is so utterly over- thrown, that a small ball of......