7 APRIL 1961, Page 18

is instructive to reflect that the tortuous - verbiage about

Milton, which hasiccently appeared in your columns, is the work of correSpondents who are either teachers of English. or professional critics, or both. Their dispute may or may not have its his- toric importance; their style is bound to retain some interest, as a commentars on the state of the lung- uage.--Yours faithfully, R. 1 HOWSON

Grove Cottage, Woodside Road, Cobham, Surrey.

[This correspondence is now closed. Editor. Spectator.]