3 NOVEMBER 1984, page 25

The Last Of Old London

A.N. Wilson The Changing Metropolis: Earliest Photographs of London 1839-1879 Gavin Stamp (Viking £14.95) W hitehall, 1839, in bright September weather. Rays of sunlight coming......

Love And Rage

Harriet Waugh Watson's Apology Beryl Bainbridge (Duckworth £8.95) A her most enjoyable, Beryl Bain- bridge writes of the hidden springs of anarchy that bedevil the least......