11 JANUARY 1986, page 42

Unknown And Unknowing

John Zametica CLEMENT ATTLEE: A POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY by Trevor Burridge Cape, £20 A ttlee remains postwar Britain's un- known prime minister. The general im- pression is of a......

A Maid But Perhaps No Wine

Francis King LANDSCAPES AND LITERATI: UNPUBLISHED LETTERS OF W.H. HUDSON AND GEORGE GISSING edited by Dennis Shrubsall and Pierre Coustillas Michael Russell, f12.95 T he......