21 SEPTEMBER 1945, Page 12

THE BLIND GIRL

SIR,—I had hoped that some poet would write a worthy appreciation of Judyth Monnickendam's arresting poem " The Blind Girl" in your issue of August zoth. As one who enjoys sight and knows something of the blind, I should like to commend it to all those who train the blind, to those who have a blind member of the family, and to those called " blind," to those in the first two categories, that they may give the right sort of sympathy; to those in the third that they may take courage in realising the immense horizons to which they have access.

To all of us, this poem with its illuminating thought and strong simplicity of expression should be an inspiration. I thank the writer.—