'This volume comprises four independent books of verse which the authors did not consider suitable for separate publication. That they appear in this form is not meant to suggest any common interest beyond an apparent convenience', prefatory note; beginning with J.R. Ackerley's 'The Conjurer on Hammersmith Bridge', 'He smiled at me in manner undismayed, / And then, with an expressive glance and shiver, / He flung his leg across the balustrade / And dropped into the river.'
