30 JULY 1983, page 22

This Land Of Saints

Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd The Irish in Ireland Constantine FitzGibbon (David & Charles £10.95) ' Irish Journal Heinrich Boll (Seeker & Warburg £7.95) Tt has often been said......

Cautionary

Nigella Lawson Moral Tales Giacomo Leopardi, translated by Patrick Creagh (Carcanet £9.95) A s the title suggests, Moral Tales does not make for ideal holiday reading. It......