Paul’s Thorn. Literary Guide 69: 3–4, January. [Review of The Birth of Christianity by Maurice Goguel.]
Jesus in the Gospel Story. [With Joshua Podro.] Yorkshire Post, 2 January, p. 4. [Letter in reply to a review of A69 by “E. Q.”, 11 December 1953; further replies by Graves, Podro and the reviewer, “E. Q.”, 16 January 1954, p.4.]
School Life in Majorca. Punch 226: 56–57, 6 January. [Reprinted with the addition of the Bulletin.]
Gospel Truth. [With Joshua Podro.] New Statesman 47: 70, 16 January. [Reply to review of A69; see C427. ]
[Letter.] [With Joshua Podro.] Listener 51. 142–143, 21 January. [Reply to review of A69, 50: 1136, 31 December 1953.]
Royal Victims. Spectator 192: 103–104, 22 January.
[Review of Margaret Alice Murray’s The Divine King in England.]
Graves and the Gospels. Picture Post 62: 7, 23 January. [Letter in which Graves corrects a quotation attributed to him in Picture Post 62: 9 January 1954, pp. 26-27.]
Jesus the Jew. [With Joshua Podro.] Synagogue Review 28: February. [Seen only as an extracted cutting; page number unknown. Letter in reply to a review of A69a by Erwin Rosenthal, December 1953, pp. 109-112.]
*Young Witch. Atlantic 193: 49, February.
*Advice to Colonel Valentine. New Statesman 47: 196, 13 February.
Treacle Tart. Punch 226: 236–238, 17 February.
[This story was reprinted in: The Pick of ‘Punch’ An Annual Selection. London: Chatto & Windus, 1954, pp. 176-177, 182, 184-185; Argosy, Vol.27, March 1966, pp. 23-27; Puffin Post, Vol.8, No. 3, 1974; Sacks, Jack, Editor. School Stories. [London:] Octopus Books, [1980], pp. 154-159. A translation into German was printed in Chelsea Hotel, Vol. 4, 1993, pp. 16-18, under the title ‘Siruptorte’. Translation by Hans-Christian Oeser.]
‘The Nazarene Gospel Restored.’ Times Literary Supplement, 5 March, p.153. [Reply to review, 19 February, p.125. Further reply by Graves and Podro, 26 March, p.201. Rejoinders 12 March, p. 169 and 2 April, p.217. See also the editorial apology, 22 July, 1955, p.413.]
Week-End at Cwm-Tatws. Punch 226: 404–405, 31 March. [This was reprinted in Town, Volume 5, Number 8, August 1964, pp. 43-44; Peter Haining, ed. The Magic Valley Travellers. London: Victor Gollancz, 1974, pp. 205-208.]
The Language as Spoken. Hudson Review 7: 155–160, Spring. [Review of The Oxford Book of English Talk]
*Birth of a Great Man. New Yorker 30: 30, 10 April.
[Reply to review of A69.] [With Joshua Podro.] Twentieth Century 155: 431–435, May. [Reply to review by E.L. Allen, 155: 256–262, March; rejoinder 155: 435–436, May.]
The Full Length. Punch 226: 546–547, 5 May.
*The Spoils of Love. New Yorker 30: 36, 22 May.
[Later revised and re-titled as ‘Spoils’.]
From ‘The Uneconomist.’ Punch 226: 640–641, 26 May. [Reprinted as ‘Sappy Blancmange’.]
God Grant Your Honour Many Years. Punch 227: 10–11, 31 May.
Books in General. New Statesman 47: 761, 12 June. [Reprinted in A75 as ‘The Essential E.E. Cummings’. Reprinted as ‘Review of i: Six Nonlectures’ in: Friedman, Norman, Editor. E. E. Cummings A Collection of Critical Essays. Englewood, Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, [1972], pp. 172-176.]
*The Spoils of Love. New Statesman 47: 792, 19 June.
[Later revised and re-titled as ‘Spoils’.]
Six Valiant Bulls. Punch 226: 752–754, 23 June. [Reprinted as ‘6 Valiant Bulls 6’.]
Discoveries in Greek Mythology. Hudson Review 7: 167–181, Summer.
Books in General. New Statesman 48: 17–18, 3 July. [Review of John Clare’s Selected Poems, ed. James Reeves. See C478.]
No. 2 Polstead Road. New Statesman 48: 105–106, 24 July. [Review of T.E. Lawrence’s Home Letters.]
Flesh-Coloured Net Tights. Punch 227: 176, 4 August.
[Short story.]
Freud and Gotthilf von Schubert. Times Literary Supplement, 6 August, p.501. [Letter suggesting anticipation of Freud in von Schubert (Graves’ greatgrandfather). Letter is in reaction to a review of Sigmund Freud: The Origins of Psycho-Analysis . . ., edited by Marie Bonaparte, TLS, 23 July, p. 477.]
Thy Servant and God’s. Punch 227: 232–233, 18 August. [Short story.]
According to Graves. Time 64: 4, 23 August. [Letter in reply to a review of A69, Time 64: 45, 26 July.]
Majorca, the Fortunate Island. Harper’s Bazaar 88: 184–189, 272–273, September. [Reprinted in A84 in an expanded version incorporating C505.0.1 as ‘Why I Live in Majorca’.]
*Birth of a Great Man. New Statesman 48: 269, 4 September.
Varro’s Four Hundred and Ninety Books. Punch
227: 320–322, 8 September. [This was reprinted as Varro’s 490 Books in More Pick of Punch. London: Folio Society, 2001, pp.122-125 [126]. Selected and introduced by Amanda Jane Doran.]
How the Gospels Were Written. [With Joshua Podro.] Literary Guide 69:18–22, October. [Material of A69.]
Working Models for Young Poets? Times Literary
Supplement, 1 October, p. 625. [Letter in reply to suggestion that Graves and Empson might serve as such. Further replies by Graves, 29 October, p.689 and 19 November, p.739. Rejoinders, 15 October, p.657 and 12 November, p.721. Initiated by a review of Richard Aldington’s Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot, 10 September, p. 574.]
‘A Man May Not Marry His ...’ New Statesman 48: 386–387, 2 October.
*The Window Sill. New Statesman 48: 476, 16 October.
*Beauty in Trouble. New Yorker 30: 34, 16 October. [Revised in later appearances.]
A Poet and His Public. Listener 52: 711–712, 28 October. [This was reprinted in Ward, A. C., Editor. Modern Essays. [London:] Longmans, [1968], pp. 137-145.]
ENTRY CANCELLED. See C464.1
The Nativity – I. [With Joshua Podro.] Literary Guide 69: 21–23, November. [Material from A69.]
The Clark Lectures. Sunday Times, 7 November, p.2.[ Letter expressing respect and gratitude to Basil Willey.]
The Nativity – II. [With Joshua Podro.] Literary Guide 69: 17–20, December. [Material from A69.]
An Appointment for Candlemas. Punch 227: 680–682, 1 December.
Kynge Arthur is Nat Dede. New Statesman 48: 745–746, 4 December. [See C473.]
*Beauty in Trouble. New Statesman 48: 746, 4 December.
*The Lost Jewel. New Yorker 30: 22, 25 December.
[Later re-titled as ‘A Lost Jewel’.]
The Five Godfathers. Punch 227: 824–826, 29 December.