Jane and the Barque of Frailty

The chief biographer of both Ca

ing and Castlereagh is Wendy Hinde, whose workmanlike studies of the celebrated Regency statesmen, George Ca

ing (London: William Collins Sons, 1973) and Castlereagh (London: William Collins Sons, 1981) are well worth reading.

Stephanie Barron

Golden, Colorado

September 2005