1 MAY 1959, Page 24

POUR PRENDRE CONGE

SIR,—For some years past I have made weekly con- tributions to the Spectator. You feel, and I agree, that this corvee cannot go on for ever without impos- ing on producer and consumer alike a scarcely tolerable strain. Henceforth) will haunt your pages less predictably.

As I step off the treadmill I should like to thank you, sir, for letting me try for such a long time to make it work. In the readers who have borne with me salute the Bulldog Breed.—Yours faithfully,

STRIX [This letter is referred to in 'A Spectator's Note- book.'—Editor, Spectator.]