18 MAY 1985, page 27

Marooned

Francis King Crusoe's Daughter Jane Gardam (Hamish Hamilton £8.95) nn the surface this is a chronicle novel V about a girl, Polly Flint, who is orphaned at the age of six and......

No Badges

You wear your badges with such pride and I Admire you unreservedly. I share Your consternation and concern. I care About the principles you're standing by, The causes you uphold......

The Laird Of Twitts Ghyll

Hugh Cecil Austen Chamberlain: Gentleman in Politics David Dutton (Ross Anderson £14.95) w hen shown, as a child, some carica- tures of Joseph Chamberlain and his elder son,......