30 DECEMBER 1972, page 16

Pattern Of Islands

Ronald Blythe Pieces of Land. Kevin Crossley-Holland (Gollancz £3.75) Beside the Seaside Anthony Smith (Allen and Unwin £3.75) When the centre cannot hold, move out to the......

Text-book Formula

Norman Stone Europe in the Eighteenth Century, Aristocracy and the Bourgeois Challenge George Rude (Weidenfeld and Nicolson £4.50) The Weidenfeld series, History of......

Rehearsing The Old Movie Magic

Tony Palmer The Name above the Title Frank Capra (W. H. Allen, £4.50) • Underworld USA Colin McArthur (Secker and Warburg £2.20) Frank Capra's is a giant book about giant......