9 FEBRUARY 1974, page 19

Richard Luckett On The Man Who Knew Too Much

In the autumn of 1814 Coleridge stayed for some days at Corsham House, near Bath. There he admired the picture gallery (which still remains, together with some of its original......

Read Without Rest

Peter Ackroyd Harvest Home Thomas Tryon (Hodder and Stoughton £2.95) Rest Without Peace Elizabeth Byrd (MacMillan £2,50) Pollow, Follow Alice Glenday (Collins £2.25) There is a......