6 DECEMBER 1986, page 37

Piercing The Mysteries

Peter Levi PAGANS AND CHRISTIANS by Robin Lane Fox Viking, £17.85 I t is not so often that one gets the chance to review a full and nourishing book about an important subject......

How Sad That Wazzoo Never Met Eliot

David Sexton THE ROYAL BEASTS AND OTHER WORKS by William Empson, edited by John Haffenden Chatto & Winclus, £12.95 B y the time he was 13 William Empson had already taken......