28 JANUARY 1966, page 21

Cockroaches And Kools

Equinox. By Eva Figes. (Seeker and Warburg, 21s.) IRON HANS, in the German fairy-tale, tells his frivolous servant : 'Now you must go forth into the world and learn the meaning......

Homage To Ford Madox Ford

THAT Ford was one of the best and most im- portant novelists of this century, and the most discerning and generous editor of all time, and that he has received only an......