7 MARCH 1998, page 32

He Was Poor But He Was Honest

Norman Lebrecht FRANZ LISZT: VOLUME III: THE FINAL YEARS, 1861-1886 by Alan Walker Faber, £45, pp. 594 W hat are we to make of that old reprobate Liszt? More famous in his day......

Realism Going Off The Rails

Caroline Moore MARTIN DRESSLER by Steven Millhauser Phoenix House, £12.99, pp. 293 M artin Dressler is, as its subtitle rather self-consciously announces, 'The Tale of an......