26 MARCH 1965, Page 13

Perchance

SIR,—Students of the casual enormity will have been delighted by Quoodle's cheeky revelation of the way he refreshed himself with Milton—`a chance re-reading of Paradise Lost' indeed! Over some- one's shoulder on the Tube? In the dentist's waiting room betweert molars? I suppose we must praise the politician who finds time to read as well as talk and edit. And if he hasn't read it all he's read enough to be able to sound glib about the rest.

ANTHONY BARBELL

4 Addison Court Gardens, Blythe Road, W14