6 SEPTEMBER 1975, page 18

A Fine Frenzy

Margaret Drabble Byron's Letters and Journals Volume Four: Wedlock's the Devil. Edited by Leslie Marchand (John Murray £5.75) Lord Byron's Family Malcolm Elwin (John Murray......

Doleful

Peter Washington Collected Poems Stevie Smith (Allen Lane £8.50) From the Joke Shop Roy Fuller (Andre Deutsch £2.25) North Seamus Heaney (Faber and Faber £2.95) In the Hours......