13 APRIL 1974, page 23

Elizabethan

magic Richard Luckett Simon Forman: Sex and Society in Shakespeare's Age A. L. Rowse (Weidenfeld and Nicolson £4.50) A. L. Rowse's latest book is essential reading for anyone......

Talking Of Books

Music, maestro Benny Green I have sometimes thought what a good idea it would be for somebody to write a book analysing the various motives people have for writing books,......

Bookbuyer's Bookend

Britain is unusual among civilised countries in not having a national bestseller list and a good deal of sales baloney has been allowed to pass because of it. Last year the......