9 OCTOBER 1971, page 19

Literary Ladies

Gillian Freeman Ivy and Stevie Kay Dick (Duckworth £1.95) I only met Ivy Compton-Burnett, and Stevie Smith once. The positive yearning one has to meet admired literary ladies is......

Gladstone Bag

Paul Smith The Gladstones: A Family Biography 1764-1851 S. G. Checkland (CUP £5.00) Professor Checkland has had three good ideas, not altogether easy to implement......