A reader's guide to the past and present
The present: ' The Black Laurel,' by Storm Jameson; English Rivers,' by John Rodgers ; Rafe Granite ,' by Bill Naughton
The past: ' Emma,' by Jane Austen ; 'The Compleat Angler,' by Izaak Walton ; 'The Mayor of Caster-bridge,' by Thomas Hardy
Speakers: Gerald Bullett , S. P. B. Mais , and Hugh Sykes-Davies