15 JANUARY 1954, page 14

S1r,—the Public Might Assume From Recent Letters To The...

of the Chairman of the Tate Gallery Trustees that' when .the Picasso " Femme nue assise " and the Matisse " Notre-Dame " were acquired by the Gallery in 1949 they were purchased......

Letters To The Editor

NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS SIR,—I read the leader in your issue of Decem- ber 25th, on the subject of the National Art Collections, as well as Mr. Denis Mahon's letter in the......

Sir,—in My Letter To You I Stated That No Civil

servant could be appointed a Trustee of one of the National Collections. This was based on the fact that a most valuable Trustee of one of them was forced to retire in 1950 on......

Teachers' Salaries

S1R,—May I thank you for the sympathetic understanding you showed in your last editorial of the case for an increase in the salaries of assistant masters at grammar schools, and......