10 MARCH 1973, page 16

Imagery And Engineering

Barbara Hardy Thomas Hardy and British Poetry Donald Davie (Routledge and Kegan Paul £2.75) Critical judgments may tell us more about the judges than the judged. Fielding mocks......

The Year Of The Great Mazeltov

Simon Schama My Country: The Story of Modern Israel Abba Eban (Weidenfeld and Nicolson E3.75) To Build the Promised Land Gerald Kaufman (Weidenfeld and Nicolson £4.25) The......