29 SEPTEMBER 1973, page 14

Richard Luckett On Ballzac's Many Faces

The coincidence of the fashion seasons and the publishing seasons, of spring and autumn collections with spring and autumn books, might well be accounted no coincidence at all.......

Symbols On His Sleeve

Peter Ackroyd The Fort John Hale (Quartet £3.25) Bull Fire MacDonald Harris (Gollancz £2.50) I Come As A Thief Louis Auchincloss (Weidenfeld and Nicolson £2.25) Frankenstein......