22 AUGUST 1925, Page 16

THOMAS MOORE IN PARIS [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

SIR,—My parents were living in Paris when Thomas Moore was a visitor there. They told us how all Paris called him Tom Amour, and naturally, for that was the French pronuncia- tion of his name. The English there pronounced it so, for they were delighted with what seemed a happy bon mot, much better than Byttries L'Amour, which was like a' nickname.—I