4 JUNE 1948, Page 18

SIR,—Surely Mr. Douglas Cooper has misunderstood Mr. Middleton. "Moore is

the Michelangelo of our time" is surely a reflection on the times. In short, your art critic meant: "Michelangelo is no Moore."—

Yours, &c., R. W. ALSTON. The Watts Gallery, Compton, Guildford.