Book reviewed in this article:The Diary of Sir David Hamilton 1709–1714. Edited by Philip Roberts.John J. Richetti: Defoe's Narratives. Situations and Structures.John Gay: Poetry and Prose. Edited by Vinton A. DearingFrank O'Gorman: The Rise of Party in England: The Rockingham Whigs 1760–82. London: Allen and Unwin.Edmund Burke on Government Politics and Society selected and edited by B. W. H