12 JUNE 1959, Page 7

I AM GLAD TO HEAR from the Hulton Press that

they have no intention of ceasing to publish Lilliput. About three months ago The Times and other newspapers reported that Odhams had made an offer for Hultons, and that the directors of Hultons intended to accept it; since that time Fleet Street has not unnaturally been speculating on the future of the Hulton magazines. In his Spectator article last week Patrick Campbell ex- pressed the fear that this gallant little veteran might be considered expendable 'in the Arma- geddon that is approaching between the giant publishing combines'; the lesson of the recent past has been that such magazines, even when they have something distinctive to offer, may find themselves eased out of existence by the exacting requirements of the mass-circulation war. So it is good news that Lilliput, at least, will continue.