25 OCTOBER 1957, page 18

The Muggeridge Article Stg,—the Writer Of Your Last...

says that as he has not read the Muggeridge article 'com- ment is impossible'—and goes on to comment. Admittedly there was only a stinging lunge at the Romanoff reference; but......

Mr. Balsdon's Oxford

StR,—Anyone so bold' as to publish a book about Oxford, while actually living in the place, must ex- pect a great deal of criticism—particularly from those who have not read the......

S1r,—may I Reply Very Briefly To The Two Ladies Who

rallied to the defence of Mansfield Park in your last issue? I did not imply that Fanny Price speaks harshly to anybody but Henry Crawford; forthrightness is not her strong......

Rome And The Saracens

SIR,—Attempting to correct your contributor An - thony Hartley, Mr. Michael Swan writes : 'Most fifth-formers should be able to tell him that the Saracen sack of Rome and St.......

Knocking The Palace

SIR,—While applauding Strix's article on the new fashion of `Knocking the Palace,' may I recall lines of Canning which are so apt to the ludicrous con- troversy opened by Lord......

Passchendaele

SIR,-1 had hoped that my article on ' Passchendaele,' concluding with Lord Trenchard's estimate :"Tacti- cally it was a failure, but strategically it was a suc- cess, and a......