25 OCTOBER 1968, page 16

Whole And Corners

• JOHN HOLLOWAY Edward Lear Angus Davidson (John Murray 35s) At heart, we are all Stracheyites about the Victorians. Perhaps it is through being daunted by their sound......

And Did Those Feet . . .

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