26 JANUARY 1924, Page 10

[To the Editor of the SPBCTATOR.] SIB,—I am reminded by

the opinion you express on trans- lation from Greek and Latin, in your article on " The Loeb Classical Library," of what a great scholar and teacher, Dr. Kennedy, used to say to his Sixth Form at Shrewsbury ; " Let your translation be as literal as good English permits." All classical students know how his most distinguished pupil, H. A. J. Munro, followed this rule in translating Lucretius.— I am, Sir, &c., G. H. H.