W. F. Hare, 'Beauty: A Problem and an Attitude to Life', essay, pp. 2 - 6

G. F. Noxon, 'Lily', poem, p. 6

Basil Wright, 'The Snowfields', poem, pp. 7 - 9

O. W. Reynolds, 'The Dansant: Moment', prose poem, p. 10

Christopher Saltmarshe, 'Cubierto', poem, p. 11

J. Bronowski, 'October Casuistry', poem, p. 12

Humphrey Jennnings, 'Odd Thoughts at the Fitzwilliam', poem, pp. 13 - 15

William Empson, 'Camping Out', poem, p. 15

Hugh Sykes, 'Vendice', poem, pp. 16 - 18

Henri Cartier Bresson, 'Portrait', illustration, between pp. 16-17

J. Bronowski, 'Symbolism', poem, pp. 19 - 22

Arthur Tillotson, 'Thy Cold Bed', poem, p. 22

Richard Eberhart, 'Request for Offering', poem, p. 23

T. H. White, 'The Desert', poem, pp. 23 - 24

Malcolm Grigg, 'from Harlequinade', prose poem, pp. 25 - 30

Arthur Tillotson, 'Movement Two-Dimensional', poem, p. 31

Hugh Sykes, 'Wooing of Prometheus', poem, pp. 31 - 32

Henri Cartier Bresson, 'Composition', illustration, between pp. 32-33

William Empson, 'Ambiguity in Shakespeare Sonnet XVI', poem, pp. 33 - 35

Louis de Breton, 'Ennui', poem, p. 36

Kathleen Raine, 'Chloris Whenas I Woo', poem, p. 36

Basil Wright, 'Censorship and the Cinema', poem, pp. 37 - 40

G. Reavey, 'The Burial', poem, p. 40

R. S. Alcock, 'Death', poem, pp. 41 - 44

William Empson, 'Earth has Shrunk in the Wash', poem, p. 45

J. M. Reeves, 'Garden in Summer', poem, p. 46

Vsevolod Ivanov, G. Reavey (translator), 'Mounds', poem, pp. 47 - 48