20 JANUARY 1973, page 15

Non-existent Secret Society

Frederick Copleston The Rosicrucian Enlightenment Frances A. Yates (Routledge and Kegan Paul £4.50) The Rosicrucian manifestos appeared early in the seventeenth century.......

Shorter Notices

Dickens and Carlyle, The Question of Influence William Oddie (Centenary Press £2,80) That Carlyle's thought influenced Dickens's novels is often asserted. Examining Hard Times......

Bookend

Bookbuyer There are signs that the alchemists of fashion have rediscovered the golden age of the classic detective story. Exponents ' of the whodunnit are still around, of......