12 JANUARY 1962, page 20

Hardy's Carpet

WHAT Dr. Hynes means by the pattern of Hardy's verse is something essentially quite simple. It is that the structure of all Hardy's best poems, and of most of the rest, too,......

Men At Arms

The Arm of Flesh. By James Salter. (Cassell, 13s. 6d.) The Siege of Battersea. By Robert Holies. (Michael Joseph, 15s.) A Place Like Home. By Thomas Hinde. (Hodder and......