10 FEBRUARY 1961, page 26

The Rise Of Love

GOLDING By WILLIAM S OMEONE once said, 'people wouldn't fall in love, if they didn't read about it first.' This is a large and valuable half-truth. With that remark nagging in......

Kinds Of Mastery

The Rats. By Alan Sillitoe. (W. H. Allen, 15s.) WHAT is there in English poetry to set beside 'She Was a Phantom of Delight,' as a husband's tribute to his wife? There are......