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The London Magazine [v3 #3, March 1956] ed. John Lehmann (Chatto & Windus, 2/6d, 96pp, review) 9 · Foreword · John Lehmann · ed 13 · Poem in Four Movements · Stephen Spender · pm 15 · The Tree in the House · Alberto Moravia; translated by Darina Silone · ss 20 · The Emigrants · Peter Appleton · pm 21 · A Night of Levitation · Bianca Vanorden · ss 40 · Writers of Our Time: Jean Paul Sartre · Katerina Wilczynski · il [Jean Paul Sartre] 41 · Two Poems · Peter Jackson _41 · Afrikaans Homestead · Peter Jackson · pm _42 · At the Grave of Cecil Rhodes · Peter Jackson · pm 43 · Literature as a Dead Duck · Henry Miller · ar 48 · Not Giving Advice · G. J. Warnock · pm 49 · Coming to London—VI · Elizabeth Bowen · ar; illustrated by Anthony Atkinson 54 · The New Weekly: An Episode in Literary Journalism · R. A. Scott-James · ar; illustrated by Stella Magarshack 64 · Correspondence 64 · [letter] · Philip Oakes · lt 66 · [letter] · Kathleen Raine · lt 67 · [letter] · Robert Conquest · lt 68 · Rudyard Kipling: His Life and Work, by Charles Carrington · Graham Greene · br 71 · The Shield of Achilles, by W.H. Auden · L. D. Lerner · br 74 · Song at the Year’s Turning: Poems 1942-1954, by R.S. Thomas · William Plomer · br 77 · The Quiet American, by Graham Greene · Rex Warner · br 79 · The Guardians, by J.I.M. Stewart · J. Maclaren-Ross · br 79 · The Liberty Man, by Gillian Freeman · J. Maclaren-Ross · br 79 · Judith Hearne, by Brian Moore · J. Maclaren-Ross · br 79 · The Honeymoon and a Religious Man, by Richard Chase · J. Maclaren-Ross · br 82 · Letters from Madame de Sévigné, by Violet Hammersley · Jean Stewart · br 85 · The Whispering Gallery, by John Lehmann · Bonamy Dobrée · br 88 · Living and Knowing, by E.W.F. Tomlin · Maurice Cranston · br 92 · Notes About Our Authors · Anon. · bg

The London Magazine [v3 #4, April 1956] ed. John Lehmann (Chatto & Windus, 2/6d, 96pp, review) 9 · Foreword · John Lehmann · ed 12 · Four Poems of Place · Louis MacNeice · gp _12 · The Rest House · Louis MacNeice · pm _12 · Beni Hasan · Louis MacNeice · pm _13 · Return to Lahore · Louis MacNeice · pm _13 · Wessex Guidebook · Louis MacNeice · pm 15 · Daughter Dear · E. M. Forster · ex; opening chapter of the forthcoming Marianne Thornton: A Domestic Biography 20 · Farewell · John Press · pm 21 · The Man from Barcelona · P. H. Newby · ss; illustrated by Adrian Daintrey 34 · Beautiful in their Cruelty and Lust · Peter Yates · pm 35 · In Tripolitania · Maurice Pons; translated by Jean Stewart · ss [Susan Benson] 42 · A Funeral Service · Norman Buller · pm 44 · On Re-reading a Glastonbury Romance · Jocelyn Brooke · ar [John Cowper Powys] 52 · Images of Truth · Helen Spalding · pm 54 · Poetry and the New Conservatism · Denis Donoghue · ar; illustrated by Bernard Myers 64 · Correspondence 64 · [letter] · Thom Gunn · lt 65 · [letter] · Charles Causley · lt 66 · [letter] · John Middleton Murry · lt 68 · The Diary of John Evelyn, by E.S. de Beer · C. V. Wedgwood · br 71 · The Tightrope Walkers, by Giorgio Melchiori · J. I. M. Stewart · br 71 · The Poetic Pattern, by Robin Skelton · J. I. M. Stewart · br 73 · Selected Letters of Henry James, by Leon Edel · Michael Swan · br 75 · No Coward Soul, by Noël Adeney · Maurice Cranston · br 75 · The Visitants, by Ernest Frost · Maurice Cranston · br 78 · The Human Age, by Wyndham Lewis · Martin Seymour-Smith · br 81 · Collected Poems, by Wallace Stevens · Thom Gunn · br 84 · The Less Deceived, by Philip Larkin · Roy Fuller · br 84 · A Way of Looking, by Elizabeth Jennings · Roy Fuller · br 84 · Patmos and Other Poems, by Robin Skelton · Roy Fuller · br 88 · The Contemporary French Novel, by Henri Peyre · Erik de Mauny · br 95 · Notes About Our Authors · Anon. · bg

The London Magazine [v3 #5, May 1956] ed. John Lehmann (Chatto & Windus, 2/6d, 96pp, review) 11 · Foreword · John Lehmann · ed 14 · Writers of Our Time: John Betjeman · Colin Spencer · il [John Betjeman] 15 · Variation on a Theme by Newbolt · John Betjeman · pm 16 · A Speech on Colette · Jean Cocteau; translated by Margaret Crosland · ar; slightly shortened version of speech given at his reception into the Belgian Academy 25 · Young English Poets 1956 25 · A Note on Wyatt · Kingsley Amis · pm 25 · Alternatives · Kingsley Amis · pm 26 · A True Ballad of Sir Henry Trecarell · Charles Causley · pm 29 · Julian the Apostate · Thom Gunn · pm 30 · To Yvor Winters, 1955 · Thom Gunn · pm 31 · The Bird Catchers · Elizabeth Jennings · pm 32 · At Noon · Elizabeth Jennings · pm 33 · An Arundel Tomb · Philip Larkin · pm 34 · The Voices · Robert Nye · pm 35 · Alan-a-Dale · Robert Nye · pm 36 · Sonnet · John Wain · pm 36 · The Bad Thing · John Wain · pm 37 · Tiger and Son · Maurice Woods · ss; illustrated by Susan Benson 48 · A Writer’s Prospect—I: Experiment and the Future of the Novel · Philip Toynbee · ar 57 · The Living Dead—I: D. H. Lawrence · John Middleton Murry · ar [D. H. Lawrence] 64 · Correspondence 64 · [letter] · J. M. S. Tompkins · lt 66 · [letter] · Clifford Tolchard · lt 68 · [letter] · Alexander Arker · lt; illustrated by Keith Vaughan 69 · Confessions of Felix Krull, by Thomas Mann · Angus Wilson · br 72 · The Letters of Edward Gibson, by J.E. Norton · Rex Warner · br 75 · Beasts and Men, by Pierre Gascar · Francis Wyndham · br 75 · A Man’s Estate, by Emyr Humphreys · Francis Wyndham · br 75 · The Lilac Caprice, by Alberta Murphy · Francis Wyndham · br 75 · A High-Pitched Buzz, by Roger Longrigg · Francis Wyndham · br 75 · The Undoubted Deed, by Jocelyn Davey · Francis Wyndham · br 77 · The Train Was on Time, by Heinrich Böll · Idris Tarry · br 77 · Zero Eight Fifteen, by Hans Hellmut Kirst · Idris Tarry · br 77 · Gunner Asch Goes to War, by Hans Hellmut Kirst · Idris Tarry · br 77 · In Their Shallow Graves, by Benno Zieser · Idris Tarry · br 85 · The Dog at Clambercrown, by Jocelyn Brooke · Alan Pryce-Jones · br 89 · Early Light, by Dorothy Wellesley · Elizabeth Jennings · br 89 · Moon’s Farm and Other Poems, by Herbert Read · Elizabeth Jennings · br 95 · Notes About Our Authors · Anon. · bg

The London Magazine [v3 #6, June 1956] ed. John Lehmann (Chatto & Windus, 2/6d, 96pp, review) 9 · Foreword · John Lehmann · ed 13 · Old Woman’s Meditation · Theodore Roethke · pm; illustrated by Judith Lewis 17 · Fame · Aldo Palazzeschi; translated by Darina Silone · ss 25 · An Unpublished Letter · Marcel Proust; translated by Violet Schiff · lt; written at Cabourg in 1912 27 · Two Poems · Roy Fuller · gp _27 · To Shakespeare · Roy Fuller · pm _28 · Florestan to Leonora · Roy Fuller · pm 30 · An Alien World · Colin Spencer · ss; illustrated by Minos Argyrakis 42 · Coming to London—VII · Geoffrey Grigson · ar 49 · The Living Dead—II: Norman Douglas and the Southern World · Michael Swan · ar [Norman Douglas] 56 · Shelley and the West Wind · Neville Rogers · ar [Percy Bysshe Shelley]; illustrated by Susan Benson 69 · Correspondence 69 · [letter] · Albert Paris Leary · lt 71 · [letter] · C. West · lt 72 · [letter] · Philip Larkin · lt 73 · Predilections, by Marianne Moore · Stephen Spender · br 73 · Selected Fables of La Fontaine, by Marianne Moore · Stephen Spender · br 75 · The Hero in Eclipse in Victorian Fiction, by Mario Praz · James Michie · br 79 · In Time of Trouble, by Claud Cockburn · Tom Hopkinson · br 81 · A Legacy, by Sybille Bedford · Francis Wyndham · br 81 · The Flight from the Enchanter, by Iris Murdoch · Francis Wyndham · br 81 · The Long View, by Elizabeth Jane Howard · Francis Wyndham · br 83 · Collected Poems, by Kathleen Raine · Anne Ridler · br 83 · The River Steamer, by E.J. Scovell · Anne Ridler · br 89 · Heinrich Heine, by William Rose · Idris Parry · br 89 · The North Sea, by Heinrich Heine · Idris Parry · br 95 · Notes About Our Authors · Anon. · bg

The London Magazine [v3 #7, July 1956] ed. John Lehmann (Chatto & Windus, 2/6d, 96pp, review) 7 · Foreword · John Lehmann · ed 11 · A Cavafy Find · Lawrence Durrell · si [Cavafy] 13 · My Friends, When I Was in Love · Cavafy; translated by Lawrence Durrell · pm 13 · Flowers of May · Cavafy; translated by Lawrence Durrell · pm 13 · Dounya Gouzeli · Cavafy; translated by Lawrence Durrell · pm 15 · The Proverb · Marcel Aymé; translated by Norman Denny · ss; illustrated by Adrian Daintrey 17 · Writers of Our Time: Marcel Aymé · Katerina Wilczynski · il [Marcel Aymé] 28 · Clachtoll · Norman MacCaig · pm 30 · Coming to London—VIII · John Middleton Murry · ar 38 · Two Poems · Norman W. Beswick · gp _38 · Lady Macbeth: 3 Lucidities · Norman W. Beswick · pm _39 · After Disaster · Norman W. Beswick · pm 40 · The Fate of Isaac Babel · Lionel Trilling · in The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel, S.G. Phillips 1955 59 · Twice · Francis King · pm 60 · Thackeray · Maurice Cranston · ar [William Makepeace Thackeray] 67 · Correspondence 67 · [letter] · George Hartley · lt _68 · [response to George Hartley] · Roy Fuller · ms 68 · [letter] · E. W. F. Tomlin · lt _69 · [response to E.W.F. Tomlin] · Maurice Cranston · ms 70 · [letter] · Alec Brown · lt 71 · [letter] · John Wain · lt 72 · A History of the English-Speaking People: Volume I, by Winston S. Churchill · C. V. Wedgwood · br 76 · Cicero and the Roman Republic, by F.R. Cowell · Rex Warner · br 76 · Tacitus on Imperial Rome, by Michael Grant · Rex Warner · br 79 · Unprofessional Essays, by J. Middleton Murry · Anthony Cronin · br 81 · Anglo-Saxon Attitudes, by Angus Wilson · Francis Wyndham · br 81 · A Charmed Life, by Mary McCarthy · Francis Wyndham · br 83 · Winter in the Air, by Sylvia Townsend Warner · Margaret Lane · br 83 · A Contest of Ladies, by William Sansom · Margaret Lane · br 83 · Strange Stories, by Villy Sorensen · Margaret Lane · br 83 · The Old Beauty, by Willa Cather · Margaret Lane · br 85 · Bread Rather Than Blossoms, by D.J. Enright · Roy Fuller · br 85 · One Foot in Eden, by Edwin Muir · Roy Fuller · br 91 · The Marble Threshing Floor, by Philip Sherrard · Ian Scott-Kilvert · br 95 · Notes About Our Authors · Anon. · bg

The London Magazine [v3 #8, August 1956] ed. John Lehmann (Chatto & Windus, 2/6d, 80pp, review) 7 · Foreword · John Lehmann · ed 11 · Why She Would Not: A Little Comedy · Bernard Shaw · pl 21 · Young American Poets 1956 21 · Introduction · Thom Gunn · si 22 · Design · Philip Booth · pm 23 · Dark Earth and Summer · Edgar Bowers · pm 24 · Amor Vincit Omnia · Edgar Bowers · pm 24 · Sestina · Donald Hall · pm 26 · The Unborn Child · Donald Hall · pm 27 · Among Olive Groves · Joseph Langland · pm 27 · Montepertuso · Joseph Langland · pm 28 · Midas Among Goldenrod · James Merrill · pm 28 · A View of the Burning · James Merrill · pm 29 · The Cruise · James Merrill · pm 30 · A Sonnet for Eve · Robert Pack · pm 30 · Poem · Robert Pack · pm 31 · The Flaming Carousel · Adrienne Cecile Rich · pm 31 · Stendahl’s Diaries · Adrienne Cecile Rich · pm 32 · Against the Age · Louis Simpson · pm 33 · Saint Judas · James Wright · pm 33 · In a Viennese Cemetery · James Wright · pm 36 · The Naked · Marguerite Yourcenar; translated by Jean Stewart · ss 42 · Coming to London—IX · Christopher Isherwood · ar 48 · A Writer’s Prospect—II · Colin Wilson · ar 56 · Correspondence 56 · [letter] · Tom Scott · lt 57 · [letter] · Denis Donoghue · lt 57 · [letter] · Anthony Elliott · lt 59 · The Russet Coat, by Christina Keith · Louis MacNeice · br 59 · John Clare, by John Tibble & Anne Tibble · Louis MacNeice · br 62 · The Mirror of Art, by Charles Baudelaire · Peter Quennell · br 64 · Ionia: A Quest, by Freya Stark · Alan Ross · br 64 · The Lycian Shore, by Freya Stark · Alan Ross · br 67 · Marching with April, by Hugo Charteris · Francis Wyndham · br 67 · Disquiet and Peace, by William Cooper · Francis Wyndham · br 67 · Six Feet of the Country, by Nadine Gordimer · Francis Wyndham · br 71 · The Desert and the Stars, by Flora Armitage · John Morris · br 75 · A Word Carved on a Sill, by John Wain · Roy Fuller · br 75 · The Tunnelled Fire, by Alexander Henderson · Roy Fuller · br 79 · Notes About Our Authors · Anon. · bg

The London Magazine [v3 #9, September 1956] ed. John Lehmann (Chatto & Windus, 2/6d, 80pp, review) 7 · Foreword · John Lehmann · ed 11 · Three Love Poems · Jacques Prévert; translated by John Tessimond · gp _11 · When Children Are in Love · Jacques Prévert; translated by John Tessimond · pm _11 · Quicksands · Jacques Prévert; translated by John Tessimond · pm _12 · Song of the Gaoler · Jacques Prévert; translated by John Tessimond · pm 13 · I Am Going to Read Aloud · Dylan Thomas · ar; an introduction to a reading at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, July 3rd 1952. 18 · Words at Night · Hilary Corke · pm 20 · A Night with Proust · Violet Schiff · ar [Marcel Proust] 23 · Two Poems · Louis MacNeice · gp _23 · Easter Returns · Louis MacNeice · pm _24 · Death of an Old Lady · Louis MacNeice · pm 25 · Come Back to Grenada · Samuel Selvon · ss 33 · Leonard Smithers: A Publisher of the Nineties · George Sims · ar [Leonard Smithers] Leonard Smithers: An Unpublished Portrait · Max Beerbohm · il [Leonard Smithers] 41 · From Report on 1956 · Tom Scott · pm 44 · Poetry and Ideas: George Barker · Anthony Cronin · ar [George Barker] 53 · Correspondence 53 · [letter] · Stuart & Wynford Vaughan Thomas & David Higham · lt 54 · The Outsider, by Colin Wilson · Rex Warner · br 56 · Time and Place, by George Scott · Roy Fuller · br 56 · After the Thirties, by Jack Lindsay · Roy Fuller · br 58 · Dublin’s Joyce, by Hugh Kenner · Allan Rodway · br 58 · James joyce and the Celtic Use of Fiction, by Kristian Smidt · Allan Rodway · br 62 · The English Sense of Humour, by Harold Nicolson · J. I. M. Stewart · br 62 · Adventures in Biography, by Willard Connely · J. I. M. Stewart · br 64 · The Tree of Man, by Patrick White · Erik de Mauny · br 64 · Band of Angels, by Robert Penn Warren · Erik de Mauny · br 64 · The Lost Bay, by Manes Sperber · Erik de Mauny · br 64 · A Tale for Midnight, by Frederic Prokosch · Erik de Mauny · br 69 · A Book of Australian Verse, by Judith Wright · Geoffrey Moore · br 69 · An Anthology of New Zealand Verse, by Robert Chapman & Jonathan Bennett · Geoffrey Moore · br 79 · Notes About Our Authors · Anon. · bg

The London Magazine [v3 #10, October 1956] ed. John Lehmann (Chatto & Windus, 2/6d, 80pp, review) 13 · Foreword · John Lehmann · ed 17 · Cycle of Six Lyrics · George Barker · gp _17 · The Dove of the Sea · George Barker · pm _17 · The Rose and the Rod · George Barker · pm _18 · Heroes and Worms · George Barker · pm _18 · Swansong of the Hyena · George Barker · pm _19 · O Pearl and Breasted World · George Barker · pm _19 · Narcissus and the Star · George Barker · pm 20 · A Game at Chess · Patrick Cruttwell · ss 29 · Aikichi Kuboyama · Zofia Ilinska · pm 30 · Coming to London—X · Alan Pryce-Jones · ar 36 · The Voice of God · Jon Swan · pm 38 · A Writer’s Prospect—III: Censorship and Spoken Literature · Aldous Huxley · ar 46 · The Living Dead—III: Thoughts on André Gide · Philip Toynbee · ar [André Gide] 54 · Correspondence 54 · [letter] · R. W. Gaskell · lt 56 · [letter] · Elizabeth Jennings · lt 58 · Collected Stories, by V.S. Pritchett · James Stern · br 60 · The Side of the Angels, by Jean-Louis Trudel · Francis Wyndham · br 60 · Spoilt Children, by Philippe Hériat · Francis Wyndham · br 60 · The Pillar of Salt, by Albert Memmi · Francis Wyndham · br 60 · Some Prefer Nettles, by JunichirÕ Tanizaki · Francis Wyndham · br 63 · L.H. Myers: A Critical Study, by G.H. Bantock · L. A. G. Strong · br 63 · The Near and the Far, by L.H. Myers · L. A. G. Strong · br 67 · Literary Essays, by David Daiches · Maurice Cranston · br 67 · Essays by Diverse Hands, by Angela Thirkell · Maurice Cranston · br 71 · The Chatto Book of Modern Poetry, by C. Day Lewis & John Lehmann · John Tress · br 71 · New Lines, by Robert Conquest · John Tress · br 71 · New Poems 1956, by Stephen Spender, Elizabeth Jennings & Dannie Abse · John Tress · br 77 · Our Samoan Adventure, by Fanny Stevenson & Robert Louis Stevenson · Lettice Cooper · br 79 · Notes About Our Authors · Anon. · bg