18 APRIL 1941, Page 15

DOWN WITH HIGHBROWS

am sorry that I misquoted Lord Elton as having used the highbrow. I am afraid that I must have been confused by rig, a: the same time as his books, an article about it in The "nes, in which highbrow was the operative word. But inaccurate eon s a review is unpardonable, and I apologise. I did nr- mean to understate the number of fatal casualties in the t war, )1- do I know what percentage of our fighting forces it I 'A only questioning the tragic theory that it included not

Ely great numbers of the ablest and best,• but nearly all. I