17 JUNE 1966, page 20

Half-scissors

Humming water holds the high stars. Meteors fall through the great fat icicles. Spiders at rest from skinny leg-work Lean heads on shaggy head-laces All glittering from an askew......

The Long Fountain Pen

NINETY-NINE years after his birth. Arnold Ben- nett's classic sfatus seems pretty well assured, though only on the strength of a mere fraction of his total output. However much,......

Big Hands, Small Maps

MANY books are written on strategy these days. And with the broad nibs currently popular almost anyone can take a hand in it: ' Big hands, small maps; —that's the way to kill......