10 JANUARY 1970, page 26

Macchiavelli's Friend

Sir: In his review (6 December 1969) of my translation and edition of Guicciardini's History of Italy (Collier-Macmillan), Mr John Lamer fails to inform his readers that the......

Sign Of , Cancer

Sir: On the tenth day of Christmas (3 Janu- . ary) I had hoped for a more optimistic note on cancer from John Rowan Wilson, even allowing that his reading of the therapeutic......

Murder Is Not A Party Game

Sir: In your leading article on capital punishment (20 December) you drew atten- tion to the fact that the Government's excuse for hastening the abolition of the death penalty......

The Road To Pinkville

Sir: The charge in Mr Pulitzer's opinions about the Vietnam war (letters, 20 Decem- ber) illustrates a problem many Americans faced during the course of this Asian con- flict.......

In And Out Of Season

Sir: The Arabs and Jews have never been the best of friends: never. While I cannot agree with everything that George Gale wrote (27 December 1969), neither can I accept......