2 JUNE 1950, Page 16

“In the Wake of Dr. Johnson"

SIR,—

High in great Albion's roll of fame Stands Dr. (Samuel) Johnson's name. Concerning him the feeblest print I love to read, because he's in't, And in his wake all prospects please From Fleet Street to the Hebrides. How can you use that honour'd style Your gentle readers to beguile With tales of worse than Whiggish cant, Some parson-politician's rant ?

Plague on your caption's airy nonsense ! There'll never be two Dr. Johnsons. Henceforth, Sir, print, for pity's sake, " In Dr. Hewlett Johnson's Wake."