The West Indies

A Bibliography of Neo-African Literature from Africa, America and the Caribbean, ed. J. Jahn , 359 pp. André Deutsch , 1965, 84s; a bibliography for the Antilles and the Guianas appears on pp. 132-95.

A Guide to Jamaican Reference Material in the West India Reference Library, R. Delattre , 76 pp. Institute of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica, 1965 .

Jamaica: a select bibliography, I900-I963, compiled by Jamaica Library Service, II5 pp. Jamaica Independence Festival Committee, Kingston, I963.

Jamaican Accessions I964, 26 pp. West India Reference Library, Institute of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica, I965.

New Approaches to African literature: a guide to Negro-African writing and related studies, J. A. Ramsaran, 177 pp. Ibadan University Press, Ibadan, Nigeria, I965, 2Is; Chapter 3 (pp. 93-I34) deals with 'West Indian and French Caribbean Literature'.

Caribbean Acquisitions: materials acquired by the University of Floricla, I957-8-(I959-). The University Library, Gainesville, Florida; annual.

Caribbean Studies. University of Puerto Rico; established I96I; publishes an extensive 'Current Bibliography' in each issue (see Journals).

Current Caribbean Bibliography, Vol. VIII, I958, 90 pp. Caribbean Commission, Hato Rey, I96I, 3s 6d; a cumulative issue for I954-8.

— Vols. IX-XI, I959-I96I, Part I, I70 pp. Caribbean Organization, Hato Rey, 1964.

The Journal of Commonwealth Literature, i ; on pp. 72-5 there is the West Indies section of 'Annual Bibliography of Commonwealth Literature, I964'.

Carter, Martin. Poems of Resistance, with a preface by Neville Dawes, 27 pp. University of Guyana, Georgetown, 1964, BWI $0.75; first published 1954, Lawrence and Wishart.

Hendricks, A.L. On this Mountain and other Poems, 60 pp. André Deutsch, I5s.

Walcott, Derek. The Castaway, 64 pp. Cape, I8s.

Caribbean Plays, Vol. II. ed. Errol Hill, with Introduction by C. L. R. James, I74 pp. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, BWI $2.00; plays by Errol Hill, Derek Walcott, Samuel Hillary, Neville Labastide, Wilfred Redhead, Clifford Sealy.

Braithwaite, E.R. A Choice of Straws, 208 pp. The Bodley Head, I8s. Clarke, Austen C. Amongst Thistles and Thorns, 208 pp. Wm. Heinemann, I8s. Dathorne, O. R. 'Constable', in Black Orpheus, I7 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals).

Harris, Wilson. The Eye of the Scarecrow, 108 pp. Faber, I6s. Kempadoo; Peter. See next item.

Lauchmonen (pseud. of Peter Kempadoo). Old Thom's Harvest, 208 pp. Eyre and Spottiswoode, I8s.

Lovelace, Earl. While Gods are Falling, z 58 pp. Collins, 2Is.

Michael, Anthony. The Year in San Fernando, 190 pp. André Deutsch , I8s. Nicole, Christopher. Amyot's Cay, 256 pp. Jarrolds, 1964, I8s. — The Amyot Crime, 240 pp. Jarrolds, 25s.

Salkey, Andrew. Earthquake, 132 pp. Oxford University Press, I3s 6d. Selvon, S. The Housing Lark , 155 pp. MacKibbon and Kee, I8s. Sherlock, P.M. West Indian Folktales, 160 pp. Oxford University Press, I7s 6d.

Disappointed Guests: Essays by African, Asian and West Indian students, ed. H. Tajfel and J. L. Dawson , 158 pp. Oxford University Press, for the Institute of Race Relations; cloth, 25s; paperbound, I5s; the prize-winning essays in a competition organized by the Institute of Race Relations, London .

Ian Fleming Introduces Jamaica, ed. M. Cargill, 240 pp. André Deutsch, 42s; a collection of essays on different aspects of Jamaican life by West Indians and ex-patriates, including John Hearne on the social background of the island, and C. G. O. King on Jamaican literature. Stories from the Caribbean, ed. Andrew Salkey, 254 pp. Collins, 30s.

The London Magazine, n.s. V, 6, contains 'Some West Indian Poets', ed. D. Walcott, on pp. I5-30.

Young Commonwealth Poets' 65, ed. P. L. Brent; contains a section on the West Indies on pp. I89-209.

Black, C.V. The Story of Jamaica, 256 pp. Collins, 35s.

Braithwaite, E.R. A Kind of Homecoming, 208 pp. Muller, 1963, 2Is; first published 1962, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., U.S.A.

Collins, Wallace. Jamaican Migrant, 122 pp. Routledge, I8s; describes the author's life as an immigrant in London in the fifties.

Devas, Raymond P. The Island of Grenada (1650-1950), 216 pp. [Dept of Extra-Mural Studies, U.W.I., St George's, Grenada]. BWI $6.00; cover title, The History of the Island of Grenada.

Garcia, A. A Histoty of the West Indies, 280 pp. Harrap, I5s.

Goveia, Elsa V. Slave Society in the British Leeward Islands at the End of the Eighteenth Century, 370 pp. Yale University Press, New Haven and London (Caribbean Series No. 8), 63s.

Hill, Errol (ed.) The Artist in West Indian Society: a symposium, 79 pp. Dept of Extra-Mural Studies, University of the West Indies, [Port of Spain, 1964], 4s.

Jesse, C. Outline of St. Lucia's History, 74 pp. St. Lucia Archaeological and Historical Society, Castries, 1964, BWI $I.50; reprint of 2nd edition, with corrections and index.

Lynch, L. The Barbados Book, 256 pp. André Deutsch, 1964, 30s.

Nicole, C. The West Indies, 296 pp. Jarrolds, 35s; a popular historical account.

Williams, Eric. British Historians and the West Indies, 187 pp. P.N.M. Publishing Co., Port of Spain, 1964, BWI $I.80.

Anthony, Michael. 'Language and Change', M. Macmillan in JCL, i, pp. 174-5; includes a review of The Year in San Fernando.

Naipual, V.S. 'V. S. Naipaul', on pp. 267-77 of The Glory and the Good: Essays in Literature, Prema Nandakumar, Asia Publishing House, New Delhi, Rs.20.00.

— 'Meeting Extremes', W. Walsh in JCL, I, pp. 169-72; includes a review of An Area of Darkness.

— 'The Knights Companion - Ganesh, Biswas and Stone: novels by Vidia Naipaul', W. Cartey in New World Quarterly, II, I, pp. 93-8 (see Journals).

— 'Somewhere Something has Snapped', C.D. Narasimhaiah in The Literary Criterion (see INDIA, Journals), VI, 4, pp. 82-96; a discussion of An Area of Darkness.

Seymour, A.J. 'The Poetry of A. J. Seymour', C. Dolphin in New World Fortnightly , I, 13, pp. 31-9 (see Journals).

Walcott, Derek , 'The Poems of Derek Walcott, C.G.O. King in Caribbean Quarterly , X, 3, September 1964, pp. 3-30.

— 'Leaving school - VIII', D. Walcott in The London Magazine, n.s. V, 6, pp. 4-14.

'Africa in the Literature of the West Indies', O.R. Dathorne in JCL, I, pp. 95-116.

'A Guyanese National Theatre ?' Account of a discussion chaired and edited in three parts by Joan Dummett in New World Fortnightly, I, 24, pp. I2-26; I, 25, pp. I5-27; I, 26, pp. I3-24.

'An Artist in Exile — from the West Indies', K. Carew in New World Fortnightly, I, 27 and 28, pp. 23-30.

'Decolonization in West Indian Literature', K. Ramchand , in Transition , 22, pp. 48-9 (see EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA, Journals).

'English in the West Indies', J. Dillard in Harvard Educational Review, XXXIV, 2, 1964, pp. 312-6.

'Literature and Language in Developing Countries', J. Carew in New World Fortnightly , I, 22, pp. 25-9.

'Some Provisional Comments on West Indian Novels', J.J.M. Figueroa in Commonwealth Literature, ed. J. Press, pp. 90-7 (see COMMONWEALTH: G E N E R A L, Criticism).

'The Intellectual Tradition and Social Change in the Caribbean: an appraisal of New World', New World Group in New World Fortnightly, I, 27 and 28, pp. 9-17.

'The Unsteady Flame: A Short Account of Guianese Poetry', in three instalments, I. McDonald in New World Fortnightly, I, 17, pp. I9-22; I, 18, pp. 24-5; I, 19, pp. 19-20.

Tradition and the West Indian Novel: A Lecture delivered to the London West Indian Students Union on Friday, I5 May 1964, Wilson Harris, with Introduction by C. L. R. James, 17 pp. London West Indian Students Union, 3s.

Artana, 2-5. Guyana Centre of the Arts, 294 Murray St, Georgetown, British Guiana, BWI $0.25; quarterly.

The Bajan, Vol. XII, ed. G. Hunte. Carib Publicity Co. Ltd., Bridgetown, Barbados. Annual sub., BWI $7.20; monthly; a news magazine with occasional literary articles; includes book reviews.

Bim, X, 40-41. The Editors, Woodville, Chelsea Rd, St. Michael, Barbados, BWI $I.00. Annual sub., BWI $2.00; appears twice annually.

Caribbean Quarterly, XI, I-4. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica , 2s Id. Annual sub., 8s 4d.

Caribbean Studies, IV, 4 and V, I-3. Institute of Caribbean Studies , University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, $I.25. Annual sub., $4.00; appears quarterly.

Kaic: official organ of the National History Arts Council of British Guiana. The Council, 49A Main St, Georgetown, Guyana; first issue, October, I965.

New World Fortnightly, I, 5-30, ed. D. de Caires. New World Associates, 2I5 King St, Georgetown, British Guiana. Annual sub. BWI $8.00, plus postage.

New World Quarterly. New World Group Ltd., P.O. Box 22I, U.W.I., Mona, Jamaica, 5s. Annual sub., £I; Vol. I (1963) was published in Georgetown, British Guiana.

Voices, I. , 1-4, ed. Clifford Sealy. The Bookshop, Port of Spain, Trinidad, BWI $0.75. Annual sub., I2s 6d; appears quarterly.

Trinidad and Tobago Index: an informal review of social history and research, I-2. ed. Ivar Oxaal, Dept of Sociology, University of Hull, England; No I. Summer I965, Dept of Sociology, University of California, Davis, California; No 2. Fall I965, 2s 6d or $0.35; details of subscription to be circulated with the next issue; available from Ivar Oxaal at Hull; the first two issues have included book reviews and notes of literary interest.