1 SEPTEMBER 1979, page 18

Brain Power

Anthony Storr The Natural History of the Mind Gordon Raftray Taylor (Secker E6.95) Mr Taylor's new book will be of immense interest not only to the educated general public at......

Foxy Ferdy

Patrick Cosg rave Foxy Ferdinand: Tsar of Bulgaria Stephen Constant (Sidgwick and Jackson £10) After Russian intrigue and violence had driven the gallant Alexander of Battenberg......

Flying

Francis King Birdy William Wharton (Cape £4.95) Some psychiatrists interpret their patients' dreams of flying as fantasies of masturba tion; others see in them an atavistic......