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The London Magazine [v1 #11, December 1954] ed. John Lehmann (Chatto & Windus, 2/6d, 112pp, review) 11 · Foreword · John Lehmann · ed 15 · Gunpowder Plot · Vernon Scannell · pm; illustrated by Philippe Jullian 17 · A Few Pipes · Graham Greene · nf; extract from an Indo-China Journal 25 · Expostulation & Inadequate Reply · Roy Fuller · pm 27 · Happy Name · Anna Kavan · ss 40 · A True Picture Restored · Vernon Watkins · pm 44 · A Walk in the Snow · Geoffrey Skelton · ss 50 · On a Squirrel · Richard Eberhart · pm 51 · Kafka or ‘The Secret Society’ · Jean Ferry; translated by Jean Stewart · vi; illustrated by Marjorie Craig 53 · Perchance · J. C. Hall · pm 54 · Letter from Florence · Michael Swan · ar 59 · Proust and Combray · J. M. Cocking · ar; illustrated by Judith Lewis 74 · Correspondence 74 · [letter] · S. W. Dawson · lt 74 · [letter] · Vernon Watkins · lt 75 · [letter] · Alan Pringle · lt 77 · An Autobiography, by Edwin Muir · Rex Warner · br 80 · Wedding Preparations, by Franz Kafka · Idris Parry · br 84 · The Love Eaters, by Mary Lee Settle · Rosamond Lehmann · br 90 · Lord of the Flies, by William Golding · Francis Wyndham · br 90 · A Bar of Shadow, by Laurens van der Post · Francis Wyndham · br 90 · Pictures from an Institution, by Randall Jarrell · Francis Wyndham · br 90 · Ash on a Young Man’s Sleeve, by Dannie Abse · Francis Wyndham · br 90 · A Crown of Convolvulus, by Margaret Lane · Francis Wyndham · br 90 · Louise, by Viola Meynell · Francis Wyndham · br 96 · New Poems, by Rex Warner · Anne Ridler · br 96 · Poems, by Diana Witherby · Anne Ridler · br 102 · William Shakespeare: The Complete Works, by Charles Jasper Sisson · Kenneth Muir · br 110 · In Case You Don’t Know · Anon. · bg

The London Magazine [v2 #1, January 1955] ed. John Lehmann (Chatto & Windus, 2/6d, 112pp, review) 13 · Foreword · John Lehmann · ed 17 · September on the Mosses · Norman Nicholson · pm 18 · A Trip to Mentone · Italo Calvino; translated by Stuart Hood · ss; illustrated by Keith Vaughan 39 · Two Poems · Peter Jackson · gp _39 · Great Zimbabwe · Peter Jackson · pm _40 · In Loco · Peter Jackson · pm 41 · The River · Jenny Joseph · ss 48 · Ralph’s Dream · Thom Gunn · pm; illustrated by Putzi Roberts 52 · Letter from Athens · Francis King · ar; illustrated by Philippe Jullian 57 · A Wounded House · Frances Bellerby · pm; as ‘The Wounded House’ in Table of Contents 58 · Ignazio Silone · Walter Allen · ar [Ignazio Silone]; illustrated by Adrian Daintrey 68 · The Life and Death of Scrutiny · L. D. Lerner · ar 78 · Correspondence 78 · [letter] · David M. Craig · lt 80 · John Ruskin, by Joan Evans · Peter Quennell · br 82 · Grand Man, by Nancy Cunard · D. M. Low · br 85 · The English Novel, by Walter Allen · W. W. Robson · br 90 · The Flint Anchor, by Sylvia Townsend Warner · Margaret Lane · br 90 · Beyond the Glass, by Antonia White · Margaret Lane · br 90 · The Imperfect Marriage, by Edith de Born · Margaret Lane · br 90 · A Proper Marriage, by Doris Lessing · Margaret Lane · br 96 · Fighting Terms, by Thom Gunn · James Michie · br 96 · The Birth of Venus, by John Smith · James Michie · br 100 · South from Naples, by Roger Peyrefitte · Vincent Cronin · br 104 · Lonely Pleasures, by Daniel George · David Hughes · br 108 · About the Contributors · Anon. · bg

The London Magazine [v2 #2, February 1955] ed. John Lehmann (Chatto & Windus, 2/6d, 112pp, review) 13 · Foreword · John Lehmann · ed 17 · Donegal Triptych · Louis MacNeice · pm 20 · Two Private Lives · J. F. Tuohy · ss; illustrated by Keith Vaughan 34 · Two Poems from ’A Norman Diary’ · Charles Causley · gp _34 · At the British War Cemetery, Bayeux · Charles Causley · pm _35 · The Invasion Museum, Arromanches · Charles Causley · pm 36 · Authors of Today: Joyce Cary · Katerina Wilczynski · il 37 · Carmagnole · Joyce Cary · ss 40 · The Mass of the Cock Thrush and the Nightingale · Dafydd ap Gwilym; translated by Gwyn Williams · pm; illustrated by Judith Lewis 42 · The House at Cherence · Robin Fedden · ss 47 · Science Fiction · Terence Tiller · pm; illustrated by Harry More-Gordon 49 · A New Poem by Pierre Jean Jouve: ‘Language’ · David Gascoyne · ar [Pierre-Jean Jouve] 53 · Some Portraits from Memory · Augustus John · ar 64 · Granny’s Glass Island · Ewart Milne · pm 66 · Letter from Paris-America · Eugene Walter · ar; illustrated by Minos Argyrakis 71 · Oscar Wilde · Angus Wilson · ar [Oscar Wilde] 79 · Correspondence 79 · [letter] · Alan Hatch · lt 80 · [letter] · Jean Stewart · lt 81 · The Cabala, by Thornton Wilder · Francis Wyndham · br 81 · The Bridge of San Luis Rey, by Thornton Wilder · Francis Wyndham · br 81 · The Woman of Andros, by Thornton Wilder · Francis Wyndham · br 81 · The Ides of March, by Thornton Wilder · Francis Wyndham · br 85 · A History of the Crusades: Volume Three, by Steven Runciman · Rex Warner · br 88 · The Complete Plain Words, by Sir Ernest Gowers · Henry Green · br 91 · A Thing to Love, by Elspeth Huxley · James Stern · br 91 · Return to Laughter, by Elenore Smith Bowen · James Stern · br 91 · The Moon to Play With, by John Wiles · James Stern · br 94 · Fantasy and Fugue, by Roy Fuller · J. Maclaren-Ross · br 94 · The Second Curtain, by Roy Fuller · J. Maclaren-Ross · br 96 · Thackeray the Novelist, by Geoffrey Tillotson · Lettice Cooper · br 100 · Apollinaire, by Marcel Adéma · Robert Gibson · br 108 · About the Contributors · Anon. · bg

The London Magazine [v2 #3, March 1955] ed. John Lehmann (Chatto & Windus, 2/6d, 112pp, review) 13 · Foreword · John Lehmann · ed 17 · Ballad of the Muse at Sea · George Barker · pm 19 · The Crack in the Sky · Jack Cope · ss 30 · Songs · Manos Hadjidakis; translated by Nanos Valaoritis · pm; illustrated by Minos Argyrakis 35 · Spring · Eudora Welty · ss 47 · Recognition Scene · John Holloway · pm; illustrated by Harry More-Gordon 50 · Letter from Harvard · Donald Hall · ar 54 · Three Poems · Antonia Pozzi · gp _54 · Snowfields · Antonia Pozzi · pm _54 · The Wide Plain · Antonia Pozzi · pm _55 · Africa · Antonia Pozzi · pm 56 · Yeats at His Ease · L. A. G. Strong · ar [W. B. Yeats] 66 · Fiat · Norman MacCaig · pm 67 · Stendhal in London (1817) · H. L. R. Edwards · ar 77 · Correspondence 77 · [letter] · F. R. Leavis · lt 84 · Collected Poems, by C. Day Lewis · Rex Warner · br 86 · John Donne, by K.W. Grandsen · James Michie · br 86 · John Dryden, by Kenneth Young · James Michie · br 90 · The Black Swan, by Thomas Mann · Anthony Curtis · br 92 · Death Is My Trade, by Robert Merle · Erik de Mauny · br 92 · Children of Circumstance, by Roger Nimier · Erik de Mauny · br 92 · Flesh and Blood, by François Mauriac · Erik de Mauny · br 92 · The King’s Man, by Félicien Marceau · Erik de Mauny · br 92 · By Invitation Only, by Félicien Marceau · Erik de Mauny · br 99 · Hide and Seek, by Xan Fielding · Alan Pryce-Jones · br 99 · The Privileged Nightmare, by Giles Romilly & Michael Alexander · Alan Pryce-Jones · br 99 · Wrong Passport, by Ralph Brewster · Alan Pryce-Jones · br 99 · Popski, by John Willett · Alan Pryce-Jones · br 104 · Gerard Monley Hopkins: John Keats · Stephen Spender · rr [Margaret Rawlings] 104 · Federico Garcia Lorca · Stephen Spender · rr [Alan Wheatley] 104 · T.S. Eliot · Stephen Spender · rr [Robert Speaight] 104 · W.R. Rodgers · Stephen Spender · rr [W. R. Rodgers] 104 · Percy Bysshe Shelley · Stephen Spender · rr [Margaretta Scott] 110 · In Case You Don’t Know · Anon. · bg

The London Magazine [v2 #4, April 1955] ed. John Lehmann (Chatto & Windus, 2/6d, 112pp, review) 13 · Foreword · John Lehmann · ed 17 · Two Poems · Roy Fuller · gp _17 · At a Warwickshire Mansion · Roy Fuller · pm _18 · Winter World · Roy Fuller · pm 20 · Unscheduled Train · John Rosselli · ss 27 · The Lover · Philip Rawson · pm 29 · Gone, Gone with His Head · Peter Mayne & Philippe Jullian · ss; illustrated by Philippe Jullian 37 · Three Poems · Robert Conquest · gp _37 · A Woman Poet · Robert Conquest · pm _38 · Ten Years Ago Now · Robert Conquest · pm _39 · Dawn Near Bari · Robert Conquest · pm 40 · The Boa · Marguerite Duras; translated by Jean Stewart · ss 48 · The Forgotten Rock · Richard Eberhart · pm; illustrated by Robert Medley 50 · Springtime with D. H. Lawrence · Eleanor Farjeon · ar [D. H. Lawrence] 58 · The Painful Filter · John Wain · ar 67 · T. E. Lawrence, Aldington and the Truth · B. H. Liddell Hart · ar [T. E. Lawrence; Richard Aldington] 76 · Correspondence 76 · [letter] · L. D. Lerner · lt 78 · [letter] · Christina Van Heymingen · lt 79 · Sören Kierkegaard, by Johannes Hohlenberg · Maurice Cranston · br 79 · The Mind of Kierkegaard, by James Collins · Maurice Cranston · br 82 · The Demon of Progress in the Arts, by Wyndham Lewis · Jocelyn Baines · br 82 · Wyndham Lewis, by Hugh Kenner · Jocelyn Baines · br 85 · Dead Man in the Silver Market, by Aubrey Menen · Francis Wyndham · br 85 · Private View, by Jocelyn Brooke · Francis Wyndham · br 87 · The Corner Stone, by Zoé Oldenbourg · Vincent Cronin · br 87 · The Golden Princess, by Alexander Baron · Vincent Cronin · br 87 · The Fourteenth of October, by Bryher · Vincent Cronin · br 91 · The Journal of Katherine Mansfield, by J. Middleton Murry · Barbara Cooper · br 91 · Katherine Mansfield: A Biography, by Anthony Alpers · Barbara Cooper · br 91 · Katherine Mansfield, by Ian Gordon · Barbara Cooper · br 94 · Collected Poems, by Frances Cornford · Elizabeth Jennings · br 94 · A Kite’s Dinner, by Sheila Wingfield · Elizabeth Jennings · br 101 · The Arch of Constantine or The Decline of Form, by Bernard Berenson · Alan Clutton-Brock · br 101 · Piero Della Francesca or The Ineloquent in Art, by Bernard Berenson · Alan Clutton-Brock · br 108 · About the Contributors · Anon. · bg

The London Magazine [v2 #5, May 1955] ed. John Lehmann (Chatto & Windus, 2/6d, 128pp, review) 11 · Foreword · John Lehmann · ed 15 · Three Poems · Vernon Watkins · gp _15 · The Return · Vernon Watkins · pm _16 · Trust Darkness · Vernon Watkins · pm _18 · Moments · Vernon Watkins · pm 20 · The Mother of Aeneas · Félicien Marceau; translated by Jean Stewart · ss 30 · Two Poems · John Betjeman · gp _30 · False Security · John Betjeman · pm _30 · Eunice · John Betjeman · pm 32 · The Presence of Grace · J. F. Powers · ss 52 · Three Poems · Sally Chilver · gp; illustrated by Bateson Mason _52 · To the Prince Ferdinand · Sally Chilver · pm _53 · The Widow · Sally Chilver · pm _53 · The Simple Cure · Sally Chilver · pm 55 · The Fault · Philip Oakes · ss 59 · Daylong, Lifelong · Peter Hanke · pm 61 · Letter from Copenhagen · Bent Mohn · ar 66 · Spring-heeled Jack · Thomas Blackburn · pm 68 · A Little Guide to Jean Cocteau · Erik de Mauny · ar [Jean Cocteau]; illustrated by Minos Argyrakis 69 · Authors of Today: Jean Cocteau · Katerina Wilczynski · il 78 · Henry James & the Heroic Young Master · Michael Swan · ar [Henry James] 87 · Reflections 87 · Last Words · André Maurois; translated by Jean Stewart · ar; given as a radio talk in French under the title “Le Dernier Quart d’Heure”. 90 · A Sunday Poet · Alan Clutton-Brock · ar 95 · Middle-aged Conversation · A. S. J. Tessimond · pm; illustrated by John L. Burningham 96 · Correspondence 96 · [letter] · Christopher Hampton · lt 97 · [letter] · Gareth Lloyd Evans · lt 98 · [letter] · Clive Sansom · lt 98 · [letter] · Jack Lindsay · lt 100 · Collected Poems, by Stephen Spender · Philip Toynbee · br 103 · The King’s Peace, by C.V. Wedgwood · Rex Warner · br 106 · Quite Early One Morning, by Dylan Thomas · Louis MacNeice · br 106 · The Poetry of Dylan Thomas, by Elder Olson · Louis MacNeice · br 106 · Dylan Thomas, by Derek Stanford · Louis MacNeice · br 109 · The Emigrants, by George Lamming · James Stern · br 111 · The Kiss of Kin, by Mary Lee Settle · Francis Wyndham · br 111 · The Untidy Pilgrim, by Eugene Walter · Francis Wyndham · br 111 · The Young Have Secrets, by James Courage · Francis Wyndham · br 114 · The Dreamer and the Sheaves and Other Poems, by I.R. Orton · James Michie · br 114 · A Spring Journey and Other Poems of 1952-1953, by James Kirkup · James Michie · br 114 · The Peaceable Kingdom, by Jon Silkin · James Michie · br 120 · Wordsworth: A Re-introduction, by F.W. Bateson · Roy Fuller · br 120 · Flight of the Skylark, by Sylva Norman · Roy Fuller · br 126 · In Case You Don’t Know · Anon. · bg

The London Magazine [v2 #6, June 1955] ed. John Lehmann (Chatto & Windus, 2/6d, 112pp, review) 13 · Foreword · John Lehmann · ed 17 · The Singing Hawk · Roy Campbell · pm 20 · Scusi · James Courage · ss; illustrated by Adrian Daintrey 35 · Three Poems · Robert Graves · gp _35 · (Say) · Robert Graves · pm _36 · Penthesileia · Robert Graves · pm _36 · The Three Pebbles · Robert Graves · pm 37 · Coming to London—I · William Plomer · ar; illustrated by Minos Argyrakis 46 · Wind Farm · Charles Bell · pm 48 · The Magnolia Flower · André Chamson; translated by Jean Stewart · ss 54 · The Man in the Seed · Norman MacCaig · pm 55 · A Visit to the Villa Edouard Sept · J. Maclaren-Ross · ar; illustrated by Robert Medley 67 · Nursery Wallpaper · Robin Skelton · pm 68 · The Romantic Revolution · Herbert Read · ar 75 · Correspondence 75 · [letter] · Rob Lyle · lt _79 · [response to Rob Lyle] · B. H. Liddell Hart · ms 81 · [letter] · Mark Roskill · lt 83 · Autobiographies, by W.B. Yeats · L. A. G. Strong · br 86 · A World of Love, by Elizabeth Bowen · Francis Wyndham · br 89 · The Lakers, by Norman Nicholson · Rex Warner · br 92 · My Many-Coated Man, by Laurie Lee · C. V. Wedgwood · br 92 · A Shot in the Park, by William Plomer · C. V. Wedgwood · br 95 · Autumn Sequel, by Louis MacNeice · J. C. Hall · br 97 · Cards of Identity, by Nigel Dennis · J. Maclaren-Ross · br 99 · Race Rock, by Peter Matthiessen · Maurice Cranston · br 99 · The Singular Hope, by Elizabeth Sewell · Maurice Cranston · br 99 · The Fair House, by Jack Cope · Maurice Cranston · br 99 · Russian Roulette, by Anthony Bloomfield · Maurice Cranston · br 102 · Walter Scott: His Life and Personality, by Hesketh Pearson · John Holloway · br 104 · Hamlet: Father and Son, by Peter Alexander · Kenneth Muir · br 104 · The Mutual Flame, by G. Wilson Knight · Kenneth Muir · br 104 · King John, by E.A.J. Honigmann · Kenneth Muir · br 104 · Cymbeline, by J.M. Nosworthy · Kenneth Muir · br 104 · Shakespeare, by John Masefield · Kenneth Muir · br 110 · In Case You Don’t Know · Anon. · bg