28 OCTOBER 1955, page 23

New Verse

WHAT is 'occasional verse'? There is a useful distinction to be Made between poets who arrange their poems around some central theme and those who simply unite their poetry by......

The England Of Elizabeth I

THE EXPANSION OF ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND. By A. L. Rowse' (Macmillan, 30s.) THE first volume of Mr. Rowse's Elizabethan trilogy dealt with th r e . structure of English society and......