12 FEBRUARY 1977, page 20

Bo Oks

Sweetness and light Kenneth Clark The Paintings of Correggio Ceci l Gould 1Faber and Faber £50.00) The historian of art must always be prepared for ridiculous changes in taste:......

Rose, Thou Must Die

Jan Morris The Cousins Max Egremont (Collins E6.50) I sometimes pine for a cultivated oligarchy: something less than autocracy, but more than populism, to give us government......