The Lecture I Hope to Have Given at Mount Holyoke. Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly, 146-147, Winter. [Reprinted as ‘A Significant Lecture at Mount Holyoke’ in A125.]

*The Second-Fated. New Republic 136: 17, 7 January.

*The Face in the Mirror. New Yorker 32: 34, 12 January.

Majorca Xuetas. Jewish Chronicle,18 January, p. 17; 25 January, pp. l7, 27; 1 February, pp.17, 22. [Reprinted as A Dead Branch on the Tree of Israel in A84, 86, 90, 112, C537 and as a separately published edition: La Branca Morta de l’Arbre d’Israel. [Palma de Majorca:] Edicions Arxipèlag, [1986]. Catalan translation by Lucía Graves and Natàlia Farran.]

*A Plea to Boys and Girls. Atlantic 199: 59, February.

A Dead Branch on the Tree of Israel. Commentary 23: 139–146, February.

*The Naked and the Nude. New Yorker 32: 99, 16 February.

*Yes. New Yorker 33: 96, 23 February. [This poem was published in A84, and in revised form as ‘Yea or Neigh?’ in C576.1.]

The Cultured Romans. Listener 57: 341 –342, 28 February. [About the Etruscans. Text of the first of three radio programmes broadcast on the BBC.]

Comments on ‘Lineal and Non-Lineal Codifications’. Explorations 7: [46]47–51, March.

Comments on ‘Symbolization and Value’. Explorations 7: [67]68–73, March.

*In Jorrock’s Warehouse. London Magazine 4: 13, March.

The Errors of Poets. Scotsman, 2 March 1957, p. 6. [Letter in reply to an article ‘Poets on Poets’ published 15 February, p. 6.]

ENTRY CANCELLED. See C553.1

The Most Cultured of All Romans. Listener 57: 379–380, 7 March. [About Nero. Text of the second of three radio programmes broadcast on the BBC. See C617.]

Caesar: When Comes Such Another? New York Times Magazine, 10 March, pp.l7, 28, 31.

[Letter about C540.] Listener 57: 428, 14 March.

*The Naked and the Nude. New Statesman 53: 356, 16 March.

An Even More Cultured Roman. Listener 57: 471–472, 21 March. [About Lucan. Text of the third of three radio programmes broadcast on the BBC.]

[Letter about C545.] Listener 57: 643, 18 April.

*The Face in the Mirror. New Statesman 53: 517, 20 April.

*Fever. Atlantic 199: 35, May. [Revised and re-titled in later appearances as ‘A Fever’.]

*The Outsider. Harpers 214: 72, May.

The Diseases of Scholarship Clinically Considered. New Republic 136:13–15, 6 May; 136: 17–19, 20 May. [Formerly listed as C544.]

How to Avoid Mycophobia. Saturday Review 40: 21–22, 47, 11 May. [Review of the Wassons’ Mushrooms, Russia and History.]

John Milton Muddles Through. New Republic 136: 17–19, 27 May.

[Incorporated into ‘Legitimate Criticism of Poetry’.]

Legends of the Jews. Commentary 23: 583–586, June.

[Reprinted as ‘Legends of the Bible’.]

*The Outsider. New Statesman 53: 784, 15 June.

*To a Caricaturist Who Got Me Wrong. Time and Tide 38: 736, 15 June.

A Deciduous Family. New Statesman 53: 768, 15 June. [Letter in response to Ralph Partridge’s review of They Hanged My Saintly Billy (A82), 53: 680, 25 May.]

A Bicycle in Majorca. New Yorker 33: 28–32, 22 June.

The White Goddess. New Republic 136: 9–15, 24 June.

*A Fever. New Statesman 54: 24, 6 July.

All Child’s Children Got Itch. Times Literary Supplement, 19 July, p.441. [Reply to review of A20b, 5 July, p.414.]

*Bitter Thoughts on Receiving a Slice of Cordelia’s Wedding Cake. New Yorker 33:34, 27 July.

Mushrooms, Food of the Gods. Atlantic 200: 73–77, August. [Reprinted as ‘What Food the Centaurs Ate’ (A86) and ‘Centaur’s Food’ (A90). This was translated into German under the title ‘Pilze, Speise der Götter’ and appeared in Der Monat, Vol. 10, September 1958, pp. [42] 43-49.]

Imaginary Museums. Times Literary Supplement, 9 August, p.483. [Reply to a quotation in a leader of 19 July, p.441. Further reply by Graves, 15 November, p.689. Reply by Donald Davie, 18 October, p. 625.]

Jesus in Rome. [With Joshua Podro.] Times Literary Supplement, 16 August, p.495.

[Reply to review, 26 July, p.461. Rejoinder 30 August, p.519. Further letter by Graves and Podro, 20 September, p.561.]

After a Century, Will Anyone Care Whodunit? New York Times Book Review 25 August, pp.5, 24. [About detective stories.]

Wordsworth by Cable. New Republic 137: 10–13, 9 September. [Reprinted in A84 and A86 as ‘Legitimate Criticism of Poetry’.]

*Augeias and I. New Statesman 54: 321, 14 September.

Private Thomas Atkins. The Times, 24 September, p.9.

[Letter on Thomas Atkins.]

Evidence of Affluence. New Yorker 33: 38–42, 12 October.

And the Children’s Teeth Are Set on Edge. New Republic 137: 15–18, 8 October. [Review of Leftover Life to Kill by Caitlin Thomas.]

Houses in My Life. House and Gardens 12: 73–75, November. [Reprinted in House and Garden Weekend Book, ed. Elizabeth Brayne, 1969, B72.1.

*The Second-Fated. Encounter 9: 13, November. [Revised in later appearances.]

*Friday Night. Punch 233: 535, 6 November.

*Bitter Thoughts. Time and Tide 38: 1530, 7 December.

[Originally titled ‘Bitter Thoughts on Receiving a Slice of Cordelia’s Wedding Cake’ in C563 and ultimately ‘A Slice of Wedding Cake’.]

Mont Blanc Milestone. Sunday Times, 22 December, p.7.

[Review of Graham Brown and Sir Gavin de Beer’s The First Ascent of Mont Blanc.]

Maenads, Junkies and Others. New Republic 137: 16–18, 23 December. [Reprinted in A86 and A90.]

*Yea or Neigh? Argosy 18: 86, December. [This poem was published under the title ‘Yes’ in A84 and in C539.]

*Is It Peace? What’s New 203: 7, Christmas.