24 MARCH 1973, page 17

Intimations Of Mortality

David Harsent Delusions Etc John Berryman (Faber £1.50) Braving the Elements James Merrill (Phoenix/Chatto £1.75) One of the more surprising things about His Toy, His Dream, His......

A Key To Two Cultures

Christopher Gill Plutarch D. A. Russell (Duckworth £2.95). Shares in Plutarch, it is fair to say, are rising. Indeed, there has been a sharp increase in the academic market......

Bookend

Bookbuyer The danger of having a warehouse fifty miles away from the sales, trade and editorial departments is that often the left hand doesn't know what the right foot is......