18 FEBRUARY 1984, page 28

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Bel Mooney Hugging the Shore: Essays and Criticism John Updike (Andre Deutsch £21) A good review is, amongst other things, ra-a little anthology,' he says, and the thought is at......

Soul Music Peter Quennell

The Souls Jane Abdy and Charlotte Gere (Sidgwick and Jackson £12.95) T he Victorian moral code, so far as we can judge from memoirs and letters of the time, never gained a very......