26 NOVEMBER 1943, Page 14

Q'S PEN

Sm,—In his article on Q, in The Spectator of November ii9th, Mr. F. Brittain remarks on Q's historic pen, which he describes as " the stout white-metal pen."

But in Q's preface to the thirtieth and last volume of his short . stories, Merry Garden, Q remarks on this pen : " and I dare say the pliable cork is now but dust within its slight silver case."--7Yours faith-