20 FEBRUARY 1971, page 17

Barbara Hardy On A Reissue Of Praz

Poetry of the 'Nineties edited by R. K. R. Thornton (Penguin 40p) To call The Romantic Agony a model for literary historians is to risk the insult lurking in the term. Literary......

The Spectator's £500 New Writing Prize

An annual prize of £500 will be awarded by the SPECTATOR to whoever In the opinion of the Judges, submits the best piece of original, unpublished, new writing of not less than......

Peter Linehan On Dr Elliott's Lectures

The Old World and the New, 1492.1650 I, H . Elliott (cup paperback 60p) br Elliott is a leading authority on the his- tory of early modern Europe. In The Revolt of the Catalans,......

The Judges For The Spectator's New Writing Prize 1971 Will

be: Shod story category Kingsley Amis, novelist, poet and essayist, the film of whose book Take a Girl Like You is currently on general release. Descriptive reporting: Brian......