10 APRIL 1953, Page 15

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Mr. Wilson Harris

Stns,—Referring to your anpouncement that Mr. Wilson Harris would retire from the Editorship pf the Spectator at the end of March, as a subscriber for many years past, I should notlike to let the opportunity pass of expressing, in your journal, my admiration and appreciation of all that he has done to carry on the great traditions which he inherited. After reading each issue, one felt one had been given an interesting, tolerant and wise survey of current events; to which was added much interesting correspondence, and book reviews by experts in the particular field concerned.

I feel sure that these views will be shared by very many of your readers, who will wish Mr. Wilson Harris many years of health and strength to enjoy increased leisure.—Yours faithfully, _6, St. Helen's Road, Dringhouses, York.

B. LINNEY.