1831-1884
The poet Charles Stuart Cal verley is one of the wittiest and most skilful versifiers in a long tradition of 19th-century writers of ' vers de société ' and parody.
HILDA SPEAR is the editor of a forthcoming edition of his complete poems and she has chosen a selection to illustrate his range, vitality and humour. Readers GARY WATSON and ELIZABETH PROUD
Producer GEORGE MACBETH