15 JULY 1955, Page 16

INDEPENDENT CRITICS SIR, What curiously silly views your con- tributor

Pharos holds. Fancy suggesting that a 'reputation' could be 'compromised' by mak- ing use of a critic's praise or blame.

However, it may interest your readers to know that my piece about Net as a Stranger was written long before the Daily Express decided to serialise a version of it. Naturally my enthusiasm is genuine.—Yours faithfully, NANCY SPAIN 7 Clareville Grove, SW7