5 DECEMBER 1941, Page 12

SIR,—It would, I think, be helpful if we could have

a lefinite assur- ance that seamen's lives are not imperilled by bringing paper pulp to this country which is used for the production of such books as those described in The Spectator of November 21st, and that the results of salvage campaigns and the various prohibitions in the use of paper from which we all suffer do not mean increased supplies for such publications. The same remark would also apply to the mass of rivial journals to be found in newsagents' shops and to the bulk of the ephemeral