13 APRIL 1962, page 14

Sir,-if Dr. Toulmin Really Believes That 'vice-...

able up to now to rely on one thing alone—namely, the confident assurance that a word from the Chairman of the UGC was as good as a cheque in the Bursary'—he would seem to have......

Sir,—mr. Rosselli's Entertaining Ramble Round The Book...

there is 'an awkward water- mark of truth' about a publisher being a 'well- connected personage who takes his time over a good lunch, but is not specially competent at spotting......

Mr. Robert Edwards

SIR,—On January 26, I wrote a television article, the first paragraph of which could be read as a tribute (which in this sense was perfectly sincere) to Mr. Jimmy Edwards, but I......

Sir,-1 Was Very Interested In John Rosselli's Article In...

issue of last week, but I think he does less than justice to the efforts of the publishing trade to remedy what he calls 'the chaos of its distribution system.' Apart from the......

Stamp Duty

Sta,---Recently I called in at the Central Lobby of the Houses of Parliament to leave three personal letters for three different MPs, to learn that only one unstamped letter can......

Widows Might

SIR,—Katharine Whitehorn's article in your publi- cation of March 23 (I received it only today) pin- points the many difficulties and problems that beset a wife when she becomes......

Hymns As Poetry

SIR,—It is a little surprising to find a liturgical manual, intended for practical parochial use, sand- wiched in one review between volumes of poetry (one of them by Samuel......

The Invasion Of Laodicea

SIR,—Mr. John Rosselli in his fair, depressing and accurate review of the state of British publishing omits only to comment on the arrival of the non. book. I mean the sort of......