18 JUNE 1948, Page 18

THE BRIGHT YEARS

Sta,—My copy of this week's Spectator has only just reached me, and with it Sir Osbert Sitwell's latest acrimonious lecture. Ignoring the other egotistic trivialities, I confess I was both amazed and a little amused at the claim for the immortality of his work. One would have thought the last person who should make such a claim would be the author himself ; and if immortality has been so conferred on the late Sir George Sitwell, it must seem a bitter gift.

I have no more to say ; but would thank you, Sir, for allowinWus such freedom of expression in The Spectator. From letters I have received in this connection, I have been much impressed by the wide circulation of The Spectator, sometimes in unexpected places. Copies seem to travel far from the original subscribers.—I am, Sir, yours faithfully,