7 APRIL 1984, page 30

Grand Lodge

David Lodge (Secker & Warburg £8.95) L ike many satirists, David Lodge makes ridiculous those things that are close to him. So far, readers of his novels have been beguiled with......

Plantsmen

John Jolliffe The John Tradescants Prudence Leith-Ross (Peter Owen £20) T his absorbing book describes the lives of John Tradescant senior (c. 1570-1638) and his son and......