27 DECEMBER 1940, Page 14

TERMINOLOGICAL EXACTITUDE

sut,—It is one of the drawbacks of the historical methods of Messrs. Graves and Hodge that instead of relying on their researches, one is forced to rely on memory. Unless my memory has failed me, the consecration of Miss Bow as the " It" girl was made by Madame (not Miss) Glyn herself in a film in which Miss Bow appeared as a heroine. That Miss Bow has "oomph" I should be the last to deny. But who are we to disagree with the inventor of the trade term " it " as to its rightful attribution?— D. W. BROGAN. Peterhouse, Cambridge.