CLARE HANSON was lecturer in English at the College of St Paul and St Mary, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, and is now Professor of English at Loughborough University. Her previous publications include Katherine Mansfield (with Andrew Gurr) and Short Stories and Short Fictions, 1880-1980.

• Preface Acknowledgements A Note on Sources Introduction THE WORLD OF TWO: KATHERIN MANSFIELD AND J.M.MURRAY, 1911-19 Rhythm Extracts from Letters and Journals 'WANTED, A NEW WORLD': THE ATHENAEUM , 1919-20 Extracts from Letters and Journals The Athenaeum Revies Eminent novelists European novelists Contemporary women writers The war The short-story form The past, and writing as a colonial The 'pastime' novel WORK IN PROGRESS: NOTES ON WRITING, 1921-2 Extracts from Letters and Journals Review Material from 1921 Notes Appendix 1: Material from Katherine Mansfield's Early Notebooks Appendix 2: 'Virginia's Journal' Index

CLARE HANSON was lecturer in English at the College of St Paul and St Mary, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, and is now Professor of English at Loughborough University. Her previous publications include Katherine Mansfield (with Andrew Gurr) and Short Stories and Short Fictions, 1880-1980.

• Preface Acknowledgements A Note on Sources Introduction THE WORLD OF TWO: KATHERIN MANSFIELD AND J.M.MURRAY, 1911-19 Rhythm Extracts from Letters and Journals 'WANTED, A NEW WORLD': THE ATHENAEUM , 1919-20 Extracts from Letters and Journals The Athenaeum Revies Eminent novelists European novelists Contemporary women writers The war The short-story form The past, and writing as a colonial The 'pastime' novel WORK IN PROGRESS: NOTES ON WRITING, 1921-2 Extracts from Letters and Journals Review Material from 1921 Notes Appendix 1: Material from Katherine Mansfield's Early Notebooks Appendix 2: 'Virginia's Journal' Index