13 JANUARY 1923, page 17

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

SIR,—As a constant reader, will you allow me to express my sympathy with Mr. Ward's impulse to " write to the Spectator about it " when he reads a poem by Miss Edith Sitwell or......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Srn,—the Correspondence...

Spectator on this subject recalls my own experience with regard to the poetry of George Meredith. When first I began to read it I was often baffled by its contorted obscurity.......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

Stn,—May I write and thank Mr. Ward for his timely protest against such poetry as he takes exception to ? It is only a pity that the mention of the writer's name and a......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sm,—thank You Very Much

for the lucid and generous expo- sition by Mrs. Williams-Ellis which you gave of my poem. The whole of the article interested me very much, particularly where it touched on the......

The American Senate.

A CORRESPoNnENT in New York writes to say that remarks by a writer of a letter which appeared in our columns were not fair to Senator Lodge and the majority of the Senate in the......

[to The Editor Of The Srectaton.]

Sin,—Apropos of Miss Sitwell's letter in your last issue and a reference to Mr. Browning in the previous one, I am re- minded of a garden party at Venice some thirty years ago.......