12 JANUARY 1968, page 24

Echo De Paris

Sir: From his book, Mr Tylden-Wright strikes me as too amiable a man to be pleased by the Strabolgis' childish rudeness (Letters, 5 January) on his behalf, but perhaps they are......

Carry On, Gibbon

AFTERTHOUGHT JOIN WELLS Amidst the arms of the Americans, and under the despotism of France, we again inquire into the fate of Britain, which had reached, toward the close of......

Creaking Springs

Sir: If Mr Purser (Letters, 5 January) thought my review of Miss Raines book mockery and a `send-up,' he retorted with a restraint and ami- ability 1 might not have maintained......

Symposium On 1968 Sir: In Your Issue Of 29 December,

I was surprised to see Randolph Churchill raising the tired old gimmick about heavy taxes on commercial tele- vision being the answer to Fleet Street's present economic ills.......

'the Wit Of Leslie Frewin'

Sir: Many of us in publishing will rejoice that Mr Leslie Frewin's services to wit are beginning to re- ceive their proper due—John Wells's 'After- thought,' 5 January. A number......