''The Evening Colonnade'' is a collection of essays and reviews by the English writer and critic

Cyril Connolly Cyril Vernon Connolly CBE (10 September 1903 – 26 November 1974) was an English literary critic and writer. He was the editor of the influential literary magazine ''Horizon'' (1940–49) and wrote '' Enemies of Promise'' (1938), which combin ...

. The volume was published by David Bruce and Watson Ltd in 1973 to coincide with Connolly's 70th birthday. The jacket was designed by Cecil Beaton, who had been a contemporary of Connolly at St Cyprian's prep school in Eastbourne. The compilation followed a format similar to that of Connolly's previous volume of collected journalism, ''Previous Convictions'', published by Hamish Hamilton in 1963. It consists primarily of Connolly's articles written when he was joint chief book reviewer (with Raymond Mortimer) for '' The Sunday Times''. Other articles are taken from ''

Harpers & Queen ''Harper's Bazaar'' is an American monthly women's fashion magazine. It was first published in New York City on November 2, 1867, as the weekly ''Harper's Bazar''. ''Harper's Bazaar'' is published by Hearst and considers itself to be the st ...

'', the '' London Magazine'', '' Art News'', '' Art and Literature'' and '' The New York Times''. The work is divided into four sections as follows: *"Dew on the Garlic Leaf" contains mainly essays of personal experience, starting with a continuation of the autobiographical element of ''

Enemies of Promise ''Enemies of Promise'' is a critical and autobiographical work written by Cyril Connolly first published in 1938. It comprises three parts, the first dedicated to Connolly's observations about English literature and the English literary world of ...

'' *"Divers of Worship" comprises mainly reviews of works associated with past writers *"Nothing if not Critical" includes reviews of contemporary writers of the modern movement *"The House of Two Doors" consists of articles about topics other than writers Connolly derived the title ('Is not my work compact of columns?' he asked rhetorically in his introduction) from Alexander Pope's poem on Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Connolly also had in mind the Arcades of the Italian proto-surrealist painter Giorgio de Chirico.

References

*Cyril Connolly, ''The Evening Colonnade'', David Bruce & Watson Ltd., 1973. *Cyril Connolly ''The Evening Colonnade'' Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich 1973 {{DEFAULTSORT:Evening Colonnade, The English essay collections 1973 non-fiction books Works by Cyril Connolly Books of literary criticism Works originally published in The Sunday Times Works originally published in Harper's Bazaar Works originally published in The London Magazine Works originally published in The New York Times