27 JANUARY 1961, Page 12

LIBRARIES AND AUTHORS' ROYALTIES SIR,—How strange that Mr. White, who

has attacked Mr. Barry for being unable to recognise the dif- ference between a book and a washing-machine, should fail to distinguish between public libraries and public lavatories.—Yours faithfully,

18 Georgian Way, Kingsway, Bath PHILIP BRYANT PS: For his information the pennies are not paid to the producers of the porcelain.