20 SEPTEMBER 1963, page 28

A Good Thing

Too many colleagues smile at me Whom I have hardly seen, And some who wish me little good— What the hell do they mean? To say, 'I love you,' is like a smile, Neither false nor......

Our Half-hogarth

Thomas Hood. By J. C. Reid. (Routledge, 35s.) THOMAS HOOD killed himself by over-produc- tion: an ailing body driven by the incessant demon of hard work. His reputation suffers......