2 OCTOBER 1976, page 24

Old Boys

Francis King The Death of the King's Canary Dylan Thomas and John Davenport (Hutchinson £3.25) I was always more apprehensive about an encounter with John Davenport than about a......

Too Much

Jan Morris Everest The Hard Way Chris Boni ngton (Hodder and Stoughton £6.95) Nearly twenty-five years ago Mount Everest was climbed for the first time, and altogether useless......