6 APRIL 1974, page 11

Whistler In The Dark

Richard Luckett Whistler Stanley Weintraub (Collins £4.95) It is said that a visitor to Beau Brummell encountered the valet on the stairs, his arm draped with crumpled cravats.......

Icham Of Irlaunde

Denis Donoghue The Faber Book of Irish Verse Edited by John Montague (Faber and Faber £3.50) In theory it should not be very difficult to make a good anthology: pick the best......