24 MARCH 1961, page 30

Genius As Critic

BY F. R. LEAVIS S INCE, in 1936, the year of its original publica- tion, I first read Phoenix* through, it has seemed to me immeasurably the finest body of criticism in......

Her Husband

Comes home dull with coal-dust deliberately To grime the sink and foul towels and let her Learn with scrubbing brush and scrubbing board The stubborn character of money. And let......

Rights And Wrongs

John Davidson: A Selection of his Poems. Edited by Maurice Lindsay. (Hutchinson, 25s.) NEVER mind other considerations, it is interest- ing to get a straight look at the work of......