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Planning—by The Treasury

By NICHOLAS DAVENPORT Is it just possible that one does not write for the heathen in vain? That even the uncon- verted take some heed of the gospel that the elect preach so......

Good, Bad And Chaos

The New American Poetry 1945-60. Edited by 27s. 6d.) Collected Poems. By Ralph Hodgson. (Mac- millan, 21s.) THOM GUNN'S poems first began to be published and known in Cambridge......