26 FEBRUARY 1960, page 15

S Mitish Poetry Is Getting Increasingly Awkward To...

issue in the tip-and-run conditions of a correspondence column. But let me develop my Point at least a little. It is a historically broad one : just as one can say that monarchy......

Sir,—may I Say Something In Reply To Mr. Craig. An

'interest' in 'literature' gives no person the right to set himself up as a critic of any part of literature, and no critic can expect to be authoritative over more than a small......

Unnatural Childbirth

SIR,—Monica Furlong on childbirth takes some nice pot-shots at the theorists (most of them men), but, like every other mother on the subject, is talking from a very narrow......

Sir,-1 Thought Mr. David Craig's Review Of Honour'd Shade...

precious and supercilious, but surely Mr. Tom Scott's suggestion that no one is competent to review Scottish poetry unless he has a knowledge of the Gaelic is ridiculous. Bah!......

Sm.—your Relentless Pursuit Of 'popular Newspapers'...

silly, and never more Co mically so than in last week's issue. You say: 'The fuss over Preludin is an interesting example of the - way the Home Office . . . can still be......

News Of The World

Slk.—A propos Bernard Levin's illuminating article . on how the other half writes, I shall never forget the look of dawning horror on the face of a charming American friend of......

D Eer And Scuffles Is True That Grace Scott's Piece About

the ,u . eer halls in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasa- id nd was datelined 'Lusaka,' but, a week or so ago, I !Pent an hour wandering around several of the beer n a,Ils in......

From Caesar To Arthur Sir,—answering A Review Is, In Most

cases, a pointless incivility. But I feel bound to comment briefly on Lord Raglan's criticisms of From Caesar to Arthur, since (no doubt unintentionally) they give a quite wrong......

Sir,—as You So Kindly Afforded Me Space In Your Paper,

just over a year ago, to reply and comment on an article dealing with hairdressing, I would be grateful if you could give me the same facilities now to observe on Miss......