17 JANUARY 1964, page 22

A Case Against The Master

Henry James and his Cult. By Maxwell Geismar. (Chatto and Windus, 30s.) CASTING a cold eye over Jamesian criticism of recent years Mr. Geismar comes to a grim con- clusion: 'it......

Books

The Study of Man BY T. C. LETHBRIDGE A . the end of the Kaiser's War there was a great expansion of the interest taken in British archaeology. This interest was no new thing,......

Refusing Song

When maybe a sparrow clicked his nail On the dry slate, and a barrowman called Something somewhere below maybe; So many rhythms in the air, But one especially that ran Over and......