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On That Other Great Dictionary

by R.W. Burchfield

Encounter, May 1977, pp. 47-50

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  Issues of 1977 = 12 Issues, 264 Articles
  1. [+]
    January 1977 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. Incident at Delphi (story) by Gillian Tindall, pp. 3-8
    2. Poetry by Tom Paulin, p. 9
    3. Can Capitalism Survive Till 1999? by Andrew Shonfield, pp. 10-17
    4. Poetry by John Loveday, p. 18
    5. The Case of Sir Cyril Burt by H.J. Eysenck, pp. 19-23
    6. Poetry by Michael Longley, p. 24
    7. Column by "R.", pp. 25-27
    8. Poetry by Herbert Lomas, p. 28
    9. Poetry by Peter Redgrove, p. 29
    10. The Reputation of George Sand by Renee Winegarten, pp. 30-38
    11. Hailsham's Solution by Max Beloff, pp. 39-41
    12. Abuses of Language by Eugene Ionesco, pp. 42-46
    13. Is Labour Facing Catastrophe? by John Mackintosh, pp. 47-49
    14. Document by Sidney Hook, pp. 50-56
    15. [+]
      America's Trillions & Neuroses by Anthony Hartley, pp. 57-68 - 1 Review
      1. America's Third Century by Norman Macrae
    16. [+]
      Strengths & Weaknesses by Lucy Mair, pp. 69-73 - 6 Reviews
      1. African Studies Since 1945 by Christopher Fyfe
      2. Conflict in Africa by Adda B. Bozeman
      3. Coups and Army Rule in Africa by Samuel Decalo
      4. Reluctant Rebel by Fola Oyewole
      5. Two African Statesmen by John C. Hatch
      6. A Cricket in the Thorn Tree by Joanna Strangwayes-Booth
    17. [+]
      The Owl & the Water-Beetle by Ferdinand Mount, pp. 74-80 - 13 Reviews
      1. Parliament for the People by Joe Rogaly
      2. The Disillusioned Voter's Guide to Electoral Reform by Christopher Mayhew
      3. The 1975 Referendum by David Butler and Uwe Kitzinger
      4. British Social Democracy by David Howell
      5. The Death of British Democracy by Stephen Haseler
      6. The Labour Party and the Working Class by Tom Forester
      7. The Conservative Opportunity by Robert Blake and John Patten
      8. Contemporary Political Philosophers by Anthony de Crespigny and Kenneth Minogue
      9. Conservatism by Noel O'Sullivan
      10. Liberalism by D.J. Manning
      11. Parties and Party Systems, Vol. I by Giovanni Sartori
      12. A Theory of Party Competition by David Bruce Robertson
      13. The Comparative Study of Political Elites by Robert D. Putnam
    18. [+]
      Where in the World? by Donald Watt, pp. 81-86 - 5 Reviews
      1. The Spoiled Child of the Western World by Henry Fairlie
      2. Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream by Doris Kearns Goodwin
      3. The Creative Balance by Elliot L. Richardson
      4. Diplomacy for a Crowded World by George W. Ball
      5. America as an Ordinary Country by Richard Rosecrance
    19. Authors, p. 87
    20. Thomas Mann as Genius by Marcel Reich-Ranicki, pp. 88-90
    21. Letters, pp. 91-98
  2. [+]
    February 1977 Issue = 31 Articles
    1. A Symposium: Who's Left What's Right?, p. 3
    2. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by John Wain, p. 4
    3. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by Peter Jenkins, p. 5
    4. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by Auberon Waugh, p. 6
    5. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by Daniel Bell, pp. 7-8
    6. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by Luigi Barzini, p. 9
    7. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by Max Beloff, pp. 10-11
    8. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by Mark Abrams, p. 12
    9. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by D.J. Enright, pp. 13-14
    10. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by Peter Jay, p. 15
    11. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by Donald G. MacRae, p. 16
    12. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by Hugh Thomas, p. 17
    13. Dickon & David (story) by Laurence Lerner, pp. 18-20
    14. Poetry by Edwin Brock, p. 21
    15. Column by "R.", pp. 22-24
    16. Nietzsche & the Idea of Metaphor by J.P. Stern, pp. 25-33
    17. Poetry by Zbigniew Herbert, p. 34
    18. Counterfeit & Genuine by John R. Silber, pp. 35-40
    19. Poetry by R.S. Thomas, p. 41
    20. Poetry by Fleur Adcock, p. 42
    21. European Notebook by Francois Bondy, pp. 43-44
    22. Concerning Agnes by Desmond Hawkins, pp. 45-49
    23. [+]
      Dangerous Pigrimages (II) by Malcolm Bradbury, pp. 50-64 - 1 Review
      1. First Images of America by Fredi Chiappelli
    24. [+]
      Mary Poppins & the Academics Who Ate Hollywood by Alexander Walker, pp. 65-70 - 6 Reviews
      1. The Spoken Seen by Frank D. McConnell
      2. Fritz Lang by Lotte H. Eisner
      3. The Novel and the Cinema by Geoffrey A. Wagner
      4. The Historian and Film by Paul Smith
      5. The Rise and Fall of British Documentary by Elizabeth Sussex
      6. Documentary by Erik Barnouw
    25. [+]
      The Human Zoo by Benedict Nightingale, pp. 71-74 - 4 Reviews
      1. The Pinter Problem by Austin E. Quigley
      2. Harold Pinter by Arnold P. Hinchliffe
      3. Post-War British Theatre by John Elsom
      4. Five Screenplays by Harold Pinter
    26. Kemal Ataturk's Heritage by Arnold Hottinger, pp. 75-76
    27. Document by William F. Buckley, Jr., pp. 77-81
    28. The Case of Lillian Hellman by Sidney Hook, pp. 82-84
    29. Document, pp. 85-91
    30. Letters, pp. 92-95
    31. Authors, pp. 96-98
  3. [+]
    March 1977 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. A Hunting Accident (story) by Nadine Gordimer, pp. 3-8
    2. Can the Peace People Bring an Irish Peace? by Jonathan Power, pp. 9-16
    3. Poetry by Gavin Ewart, p. 17
    4. Who's Left What's Right?, pp. 18-32
    5. Reflections on the First Night of Comus by John Wain, pp. 33-42
    6. Column by "R.", pp. 43-45
    7. Wilhelm Weitling by Melvin J. Lasky, pp. 46-49
    8. The Hinterland by Peter Scupham, pp. 50-54
    9. The Last Hurrah by Ferdinand Mount, pp. 55-61
    10. The Thrill of Chastity by Luigi Barzini, pp. 62-63
    11. The English Disease by Stuart Maclure, pp. 64-66
    12. Poetry by William Peskett, p. 67
    13. European Notebook by Francois Bondy, pp. 68-70
    14. [+]
      The American Experience by Anthony Thwaite, pp. 71-74 - 1 Review
      1. The New Oxford Book of American Verse by Richard Ellmann
    15. [+]
      From Collaberation to Prophecy by Philip Hobsbaum, pp. 75-80 - 2 Reviews
      1. Leavis by Ronald Hayman
      2. Thought, Words and Creativity by F.R. Leavis
    16. [+]
      The Long & the Short by Alan Brownjohn, pp. 81-84 - 5 Reviews
      1. Henry and Cato by Iris Murdoch
      2. Saville by David Storey
      3. The Doctor's Wife by Brian Moore
      4. Polonaise by Piers Paul Read
      5. Slapstick, or Lonesome No More! by Kurt Vonnegut
    17. Poetry by Pamela Lewis, p. 85
    18. The Detractors by John Cohen, pp. 86-89
    19. Poetry by Michael Longley, p. 90
    20. Letters, pp. 91-95
    21. Authors, pp. 96-98
  4. [+]
    April 1977 Issue = 28 Articles
    1. Mutiny on the T.S. Eliot by Philip Purser, pp. 3-7
    2. Poetry by Adrian Husain, p. 8
    3. Churchill, the Crippled Giant by John Grigg, pp. 9-15
    4. Poetry by Christopher Wiseman, p. 16
    5. Can Communism Offer an Alternative World Order? by Richard Lowenthal, pp. 17-25
    6. Poetry by Patricia Beer, p. 26
    7. My Oxford by Angus Wilson, pp. 27-33
    8. Poetry by Michael Longley, p. 34
    9. Poetry by Zbigniew Herbert, p. 35
    10. European Notebook by Francois Bondy, p. 36
    11. Sinister Thoughts on Left & Right by Donald G. MacRae, pp. 37-40
    12. [+]
      Frames & Frameworks by Alan Colquhoun, pp. 41-49 - 5 Reviews
      1. Megastructure by Reyner Banham
      2. The Failure of Modern Architecture by Brent C. Brolin
      3. The Idea of a Town by Joseph Rykwert
      4. Centrality and Cities by James H. Bird
      5. A History of Building Types by Nikolaus Pevsner
    13. [+]
      Art & Craft by Michael Podro, pp. 50-54 - 6 Reviews
      1. Art and Act by Peter Gay
      2. The Heritage of Apelles by E.H. Gombrich
      3. Drawings by Sandro Botticelli for Dante's Divina Commedia by Sandro Botticelli
      4. Botticelli by L.D. Ettlinger and Helen Ettlinger
      5. Allegory and the Migration of Symbols by Rudolf Wittkower
      6. The Art of the Renaissance in Eastern Europe by Jan Bialostocki
    14. [+]
      Ornament & Irresponsibility by Bevis Hillier, pp. 55-60 - 4 Reviews
      1. Cast Iron Decoration by E. Graeme Robertson and Joan Robertson
      2. Decorative Plasterwork in Great Britain by Geoffrey W. Beard
      3. Art of the Modern Potter by Tony Birks
      4. Michael Cardew: Collection of Essays by Bernard Leach
    15. [+]
      The Future in the Past by Stephen Gardiner, pp. 61-65 - 3 Reviews
      1. Meaning in Western Architecture by Christian Norberg-Schulz
      2. The Pantheon by William L. Macdonald
      3. The Shapes of Structure by Heather Martienssen
    16. [+]
      Art Book Notes by Edward Lucie-Smith, pp. 66-67 - 6 Reviews
      1. The Moderns by Terry Measham
      2. Art on the Edge by Harold Rosenberg
      3. Picasso's Mask by Andre Malraux
      4. The Silent Studio by David Douglas Duncan
      5. Pablo Ruiz Picasso by Patrick O'Brian
      6. David Hockney by Nikos Stangos and David Hockney
    17. The Future of Broadcasting by Peter Jay, pp. 68-69
    18. Big is Beautiful by P.H. Newby, pp. 70-79
    19. Poetry by Laurence Lerner, p. 80
    20. Put the Mafia on Page One! by Luigi Barzini, pp. 81-82
    21. Is the Political Jesus Dead? by Samuel Sandmel, p. 83
    22. The Historical Jesus is "Dead" by Trude Weiss-Rosmarin, p. 84
    23. Jesus, or Christ? by Joel Carmichael, p. 85
    24. The Jewish Jesus & Politics by Rosemary Radford Ruether, pp. 86-87
    25. Reply by Hyam Maccoby, pp. 88-91
    26. Poetry by Madge Hales, p. 92
    27. Letters, pp. 93-95
    28. Authors, pp. 96-98
  5. [+]
    May 1977 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. Nobody Gets What They Want By Screaming by William Nicholson, pp. 3-7
    2. A Conversation with Lucio Lombardo Radice by George Urban, pp. 8-13
    3. Document by Enzo Bettiza, pp. 14-22
    4. Overmilk'd Wood by Daniel Jones, pp. 23-27
    5. Poetry by Geoffrey Holloway, p. 28
    6. Jean Monnet's Europe, & After by Max Beloff, pp. 29-34
    7. Poetry by Anne Stevenson, p. 35
    8. A Familiar Tree by Jon Stallworthy, pp. 36-41
    9. The Art of Forgery by Wilfried Wiegand, pp. 42-44
    10. Poetry by Elma Mitchell, p. 45
    11. European Notebook by Francois Bondy, p. 46
    12. On That Other Great Dictionary by R.W. Burchfield, pp. 47-50
    13. The Real Threat to the Realm by Robert Silver, pp. 51-53
    14. Worring About Stalinism by Harry Hamm, pp. 54-55
    15. Dangerous Pilgrimages (III) by Malcolm Bradbury, pp. 56-70
    16. [+]
      Writing Like Tickling by Guido Almansi, pp. 71-77 - 1 Review
      1. Remembered Laughter by Cole Lesley
    17. [+]
      Joining Loose Threads by D.J. Enright, pp. 78-81 - 1 Review
      1. The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu and Edward G. Seidensticker
    18. Authors, p. 82
    19. News from Nowhere in Ibansk by Helen von Ssachno, pp. 83-85
    20. Katyn, & the Little Conifers by Nicholas Bethell, pp. 86-90
    21. Letters, pp. 91-98
  6. [+]
    June 1977 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. Appetites (story) by Francis King, pp. 3-7
    2. Poetry by Jenny Joseph, p. 8
    3. Teletext & Technology by Daniel Bell, pp. 9-28
    4. Poetry by R.S. Thomas, p. 29
    5. Interview with Andrei Amalrik by Abraham Brumberg and Andrei Amalrik, pp. 30-31
    6. Document by Art Buchwald, pp. 32-35
    7. Document, pp. 36-38
    8. Poetry by Peter Reading, p. 39
    9. Column by "R.", pp. 40-42
    10. Poetry by Kaleem Omar, p. 43
    11. Daniken & His Flying Machines by Helmut Gumnior, pp. 44-46
    12. [+]
      Arms & the Man by Stanislaw Andreski, pp. 47-50 - 7 Reviews
      1. On War by Carl von Clausewitz, Michael Eliot Howard, and Peter Paret, ...
      2. Clausewitz and the State by Peter Paret
      3. War in European History by Michael Howard
      4. The Face of Battle by John Keegan
      5. Sociology and the Military Establishment by Morris Janowitz and Lt. Col. Roger W. Little
      6. Military Conflict by Morris Janowitz
      7. On the Psychology of Military Incompetence by Norman F. Dixon
    13. [+]
      New Novels by Ferdinand Mount, pp. 51-57 - 9 Reviews
      1. Sombrero Fallout by Richard Brautigan
      2. I Would Have Saved Them If I Could by Leonard Michaels
      3. Marry Me by John Updike
      4. The Painter of Signs by R.K. Narayan
      5. The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
      6. The Lake by Yasunari Kawabata
      7. The Bread of Those Early Years by Heinrich Boll
      8. Peter Smart's Confessions by Paul Bailey
      9. Kith by P.H. Newby
    14. [+]
      Coteries & Commitments by Douglas Dunn, pp. 58-65 - 1 Review
      1. The Little Magazines by Ian Hamilton
    15. On Cant, Fashion & Conformity by Gillian Tindall, pp. 66-70
    16. Authors, pp. 71-73
    17. Document, pp. 74-79
    18. The Golden Age of the Great Economists by Colin Clark, pp. 80-89
    19. Poetry by Patrick Hare, p. 90
    20. Letters, p. 91
    21. Document by Jan Patocka, pp. 92-98
  7. [+]
    July 1977 Issue = 16 Articles
    1. Pictures of a Happy Family (story) by Coralie Lucas, pp. 3-5
    2. On the Disaffection of Western Intellectuals by Richard Lowenthal, pp. 6-13
    3. Poetry by Seamus Heaney, p. 14
    4. Column by "R.", pp. 15-18
    5. Vienna's Great Conductors by B.H. Haggin, pp. 19-39
    6. Poetry by David Rokeah, pp. 40-41
    7. Jesus on the Small Screen by Hyam Maccoby, pp. 42-47
    8. Letter from Lisbon by Derwent May, pp. 48-52
    9. Authors, pp. 53-54
    10. [+]
      Discussions of the Novel by Laurence Lerner, pp. 55-59 - 2 Reviews
      1. The Novel Today by Malcolm Bradbury
      2. The Modern English Novel by Gabriel Josipovici
    11. [+]
      Theatre Folk & Scholars by J.I.M. Stewart, pp. 60-66 - 5 Reviews
      1. Shakespeare's Dramatic Challenge by G. Wilson Knight
      2. Shakespeare: The Man and His Achievement by Robert Speaight
      3. King Lear, the Space of Tragedy by Grigori Kozintsev
      4. The Living Monument by M.C. Bradbrook
      5. Shakespeare's Use of Dream and Vision by John Arthos
    12. [+]
      Women of Doubtful Gender by Rosemary Jackson, pp. 67-76 - 7 Reviews
      1. A Literature of Their Own by Elaine Showalter
      2. The Female Imagination by Patricia A. Meyer Spacks
      3. Presumptuous Girls by Anthea Zeman
      4. The Faces of Eve by Judith Fryer
      5. Man and Woman by A.O.J. Cockshut
      6. The Novel of Adultery by Judith Armstrong
      7. The Rights and Wrongs of Women by Juliet Mitchell and Ann Oakley
    13. [+]
      The Art of Being Someone Else by Ronald Hayman, pp. 77-81 - 7 Reviews
      1. The Meaning of Illness by Georg Groddeck and Lore Schacht
      2. Antonin Artaud: Selected Writings by Susan Sontag and Antonin Artaud
      3. Henri Michaux by Peter Broome
      4. Sylvia Plath: Poetry and Existence by David Holbrook
      5. An Anthology of Modern French Poetry, 1850-1950 by Peter Broome and Graham Chesters
      6. The Appreciation of Modern French Poetry, 1850-1950 by Peter Broome and Graham Chesters
      7. Complementarities by I.A. Richards and John Paul Russo
    14. [+]
      The Quality Surveyors by Alan Brownjohn, pp. 82-85 - 4 Reviews
      1. The Advantage of Lyric by Barbara N. Hardy
      2. The Freedom of the Poet by John Berryman
      3. The Art of the Real by Eric Homberger
      4. Responses by Richard Wilbur
    15. [+]
      The Theory of Criticism by Geoffrey Strickland, pp. 86-91 - 3 Reviews
      1. The Aims of Interpretation by E.D. Hirsch
      2. Marxism and Literary Criticism by Terry Eagleton
      3. Criticism and Ideology by Terry Eagleton
    16. Letters, pp. 92-98
  8. [+]
    August 1977 Issue = 25 Articles
    1. The Worshippers (story) by V.S. Pritchett, pp. 3-12
    2. Poetry by Peter Redgrove, p. 13
    3. The Euro-Communist Schism by Leszek Kolakowski, pp. 14-15
    4. Document by Bernard Levin, pp. 16-17
    5. Adam Michnik's Arrest, pp. 18-19
    6. My Cousin, Ludwig Wittgenstein by Friedrich A. Hayek, pp. 20-22
    7. Karl Heinzen by Walter Laqueur, pp. 23-27
    8. Poetry by Paul Groves, p. 28
    9. Poetry by Jenny Joseph, p. 29
    10. Knowing by Heart by Martin Cooper, pp. 30-33
    11. Unreal Estate by Michael Holroyd, pp. 34-35
    12. The Triumph of Scylla by Laurence Lerner, pp. 36-48
    13. [+]
      The Place of the Book by Anthony Thwaite, pp. 49-51 - 1 Review
      1. The Oxford Literary Guide to the British Isles by Dorothy Eagle and Hilary Carnell
    14. [+]
      Sad Spells by Douglas Dunn, pp. 52-56 - 6 Reviews
      1. Collected Poems, 1930-1986 by Richard Eberhart
      2. Collected Poems, 1948-1976 by Dannie Abse
      3. Behind the Eyes by Edgell Rickword
      4. Here. Now. Always. by Edwin Brock
      5. Song of the Battery Hen by Edwin Brock
      6. To the Gods the Shades by David Wright
    15. The Heresies of Wolfgang Harich by William Treharne Jones, pp. 57-63
    16. On the Illusions of Participation by Kenneth Minogue, pp. 64-66
    17. Poetry by Elma Mitchell, p. 67
    18. Will Canada Break Up? by F.S. Manor, pp. 68-76
    19. Some Connections With Philosophy by John Dewey, pp. 77-82
    20. C.A.R. Crosland by Michael Young, pp. 83-84
    21. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by John Vaizey, pp. 85-88
    22. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by Daniel Bell, pp. 89-92
    23. Poetry by R.S. Thomas, p. 93
    24. Letters, pp. 94-96
    25. Authors, pp. 97-98
  9. [+]
    September 1977 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. Neanderthal Man (story) by Italo Calvino, pp. 3-5
    2. Poetry by William Peskett, p. 6
    3. My Defence of Our Decadent Europe by Raymond Aron, pp. 7-49
    4. Poetry by Ted Hughes, p. 50
    5. Column by "R.", pp. 51-53
    6. Poetry by Roy Fuller, pp. 54-56
    7. Did Spinoza Ever Sit for Rembrandt? by Peter de Mendelssohn, pp. 57-62
    8. Raymond Aron's "Vindication" by Leopold Labedz, pp. 63-66
    9. [+]
      The Unassertive Innocent by Hilary Spurling, pp. 67-71 - 2 Reviews
      1. E.M. Forster: A Life by P.N. Furbank
      2. The Lucy Novels by E.M. Forster and Oliver Stallybrass
    10. [+]
      Inside the Bubble by Christopher Booker, pp. 72-76 - 1 Review
      1. Mauve Gloves and Madmen, Clutter and Vine by Tom Wolfe
    11. [+]
      Durrell---on a Tourist Bus? by Jan Morris, pp. 77-78 - 1 Review
      1. Sicilian Carousel by Lawrence Durrell
    12. Poetry by Joan Downar, p. 79
    13. JP's Testament by Minoo Masani, p. 80
    14. Poetry by Peter Redgrove, p. 81
    15. The Last Chance for British Newspapers by Nora Beloff, pp. 82-87
    16. Poetry by Frank Ormsby, p. 88
    17. Document by Monika von Zitzewitz, p. 89
    18. On the War of the Dictionaries by Laurence Urdang and R.W. Burchfield, pp. 90-92
    19. Letters, pp. 93-94
    20. Document by Nikolas Benckizer, p. 95
    21. Authors, pp. 96-98
  10. [+]
    October 1977 Issue = 18 Articles
    1. The Critic as Hero by Philip Purser, pp. 3-9
    2. Poetry by Edward Levy, p. 10
    3. My Defence of Our Decadent Europe (II) by Raymond Aron, pp. 11-32
    4. Poetry by Diana Hendry, p. 33
    5. Liberty & Terror by Conor Cruise O'Brien, pp. 34-41
    6. Taxpayers, the Arts & Big Balloonz by Roy Fuller, pp. 42-48
    7. Column by "R.", pp. 49-51
    8. Accident Prone by A.J.P. Taylor, pp. 52-60
    9. Authors, p. 61
    10. Poetry by Kevin Hart, p. 62
    11. Poetry by R.S. Thomas and Gavin Ewart, p. 63
    12. Senor Carrillo's Schism by Hugh Thomas, pp. 64-65
    13. Of Murder & Secret Pleasures by Kurt Reumann, pp. 66-70
    14. The Heresy of Naturalism by Hilary Spurling, pp. 71-75
    15. [+]
      Taking the Law Unseriously by Shirley Robin Letwin, pp. 76-81 - 1 Review
      1. Taking Rights Seriously by Ronald Dworkin
    16. [+]
      Incorrigibly Plural: New Novels by Tom Paulin, pp. 82-88 - 4 Reviews
      1. Abba Abba by Anthony Burgess
      2. The Ponsonby Post by Bernice Rubens
      3. In the Heart of the Country by J.M. Coetzee
      4. Terra Nostra by Carlos Fuentes
    17. [+]
      Young Fools, Old Fools by Douglas Dunn, pp. 89-94 - 11 Reviews
      1. Fan-Mail by Clive James
      2. The Hinterland by Peter Scupham
      3. Our Ship by John Mole
      4. No Fool Like an Old Fool by Gavin Ewart
      5. Tree of Strings by Norman MacCaig
      6. Rites of Passage by Edwin Morgan
      7. The New Divan by Edwin Morgan
      8. On the Periphery by Veronica Forrest-Thomson
      9. Waking the Dead by Alasdair Maclean
      10. A State of Justice by Tom Paulin
      11. Mules by Paul Muldoon
    18. Letters, pp. 95-98
  11. [+]
    November 1977 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. Winter's Tale by Gillian Tindall, pp. 3-9
    2. Our Obsolete Attitudes by John Rae#2, pp. 10-16
    3. Poetry by Edward Lowbury, p. 17
    4. In a Class of One's Own by Peregrine Worsthorne, pp. 18-20
    5. Poetry by John Mole, p. 21
    6. Poetry by Alan Brownjohn, pp. 22-23
    7. Polls for the White House & the Rest of Us by Seymour Martin Lipset and William Schneider, pp. 24-32
    8. Poetry by Peter Porter, pp. 33-34
    9. Journey Among the "Ugly Germans" by Melvin J. Lasky, pp. 35-44
    10. Poetry by Alistair Elliot, pp. 45-46
    11. [+]
      Organised Violence by Correlli Barnett, pp. 47-53 - 10 Reviews
      1. Bibliographical Guide to the Two World Wars by Gwyn M. Bayliss
      2. The Two World Wars by Sydney L. Mayer and William J. Koenig
      3. The British Army of the Eighteenth Century by H.C.B. Rogers
      4. "Boney" Fuller: The Intellectual General, 1878-1966 by Anthony J. Trythall
      5. Liddell Hart: A Study of His Military Thought by Brian Bond
      6. Technical Change and British Naval Policy, 1860-1939 by Bryan Ranft
      7. Britannia Rules by C. Northcote Parkinson
      8. The Black Watch by Eric Linklater and Andro Linklater
      9. The Army in Victorian Society by Gwyn Harries-Jenkins
      10. The Strange Death of Private White by Harry Hopkins
    12. [+]
      Remnants of History by John Boardman, pp. 54-61 - 10 Reviews
      1. BC: The Archaeology of the Bible Lands by Magnus Magnusson
      2. The Hittites by Johannes Lehmann
      3. The First Cities by Ruth Whitehouse
      4. Heritage of the Pharaohs by John Ruffle
      5. From Village to Empire by Charles A. Burney
      6. Atlas of Classical Archaeology by Moses Finley
      7. Birds in Greek Life and Myth by John Pollard
      8. Festivals of the Athenians by Herbert William Parke
      9. Aristocracy in Greek Society by M.T.W. Arnheim
      10. Archaeology and the Rise of the Greek State by A.M. Snodgrass
    13. [+]
      A Version of the Past by Raymond Carr, pp. 62-65 - 1 Review
      1. Americo Castro and the Meaning of Spanish Civilization by Jose Rubia Barcia and Selma Margaretten
    14. [+]
      Waking the Dead by Barry Cunliffe, pp. 66-69 - 8 Reviews
      1. Techniques of Archaeological Excavation by Philip Barker
      2. Science and Society in Prehistoric Britain by Euan W. MacKie
      3. Alfred's Kingdom by David A. Hinton
      4. The Vikings in Britain by Henry Loyn
      5. The Vikings by Michael H. Kirkby
      6. Barbarian Europe by Philip W. Dixon
      7. Rome and Byzantium by Clive Foss and Paul Magdalino
      8. The Roman World by Michael J. Vickers
    15. [+]
      The Sacred & Profane History Machine by John Bossy, pp. 70-75 - 7 Reviews
      1. Unity, Heresy, and Reform, 1378-1460 by C.M.D. Crowder
      2. An Introduction to Mediaeval Institutions by Norman Zacour
      3. Medieval Foundations of Renaissance Humanism by Walter Ullmann
      4. Medieval Heresy by Malcolm Lambert
      5. The Origins of European Dissent by Robert Ian Moore
      6. The Medieval Leper and His Northern Heirs by Peter Richards
      7. Plague, Population, and the English Economy, 1348-1530 by John Hatcher
    16. The Savage War by Alistair Horne, pp. 76-83
    17. Poetry by Paul Groves, p. 84
    18. Harry Johnson by Edward Shils, pp. 85-88
    19. Authors, p. 89
    20. The Arts Council & Poetic Injustice by Roy Shaw, pp. 90-92
    21. Letters, pp. 93-98
  12. [+]
    December 1977 Issue = 20 Articles
    1. The Summer-House (story) by William Trevor, pp. 3-13
    2. Galbraith's Wit & Unwisdom by Kenneth Minogue, pp. 14-18
    3. How Britain is Governed Now by Elie Kedourie, pp. 19-25
    4. Document by John P. Mackintosh, pp. 26-29
    5. Brecht by Martin Esslin, pp. 30-38
    6. Poetry by Claire Glasman, p. 39
    7. Poetry by Ted Hughes, p. 40
    8. Poetry by Neil Powell, p. 41
    9. Column by "R.", pp. 42-46
    10. Intellectuals in Politics by Theodore Draper, pp. 47-59
    11. Poetry by Matthew Mitchell, p. 60
    12. Revolutionaries by Ferdinand Mount, pp. 61-70
    13. [+]
      The Start of an Auld Sang by Philip Hobsbaum, pp. 71-78 - 4 Reviews
      1. Scotland's Relations with England by William Ferguson
      2. Scotland and Nationalism by Christopher T. Harvie
      3. The Radical Approach by Gavin Kennedy
      4. Scotland 1980 by Donald Mackay
    14. [+]
      Against Inherited Culture by Tom Paulin, pp. 79-83 - 2 Reviews
      1. The Novels of George Eliot by Robert Liddell
      2. George Eliot's Creative Conflict by Laura Comer Emery
    15. [+]
      The Name of the Game by D.J. Enright, pp. 84-86 - 1 Review
      1. A Dictionary of Catch Phrases by Eric Partridge
    16. Poetry by George Szirtes, p. 87
    17. Furtwangler & Toscanini by Yehudi Menuhin, pp. 88-90
    18. Letters, pp. 91-93
    19. Faint Hearts & Lost Nerves by J.W. Lambert, pp. 94-95
    20. Authors, pp. 96-98
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  Issues of 1983 = 10 Issues, 259 Articles
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  Issues of 1984 = 10 Issues, 258 Articles
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