3 AUGUST 1962, page 13

Us Passport

SIR. — In Brian Moore's interesting review of Mary McCarthy. in the second paragraph, appear two errors which it is rather surprising that you passed. He refers to Miss......

Chaos Ex Machina Sia,—leslie Adrian Tells Of A Neighbour Who

failed to get service for her Kenwood mixer, having been directed to Kenwood s works at Havant, Hamp- shire. As a matter of fact, Kenwood have a very efficient service......

Blanc Du Midi

SI R, — I note with distress and shame that by some sudden loss of memory. I accused one of the con- tributors to The Right in France of not knowing what a 'Halm do midi' means.......

Sir,—the Critical Quarterly Society Is Organising Two...

year: one for young writers under the age of nineteen on January 1. 1963. and the other for anyone who has not yet published a book of verse. Prizes range from £15 to f5. Would......

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SIR,--Respeet for the memory of Richard Alding- ton, whose death has been announced since Christopher Sykes reviewed the recent Letters to T. E. Lawrence, need not prevent my......

The Lawrence Myth

SIR, — The reply to your correspondents Chambers and Canning was anticipated some twenty-five years ago by the first Earl Wavell, FM, who wrote: He will always have his......

Letters R „ ,

Paying for Education 101111 Wightwu•k Mrs. Beatrice Jackson The Lawrence Myth G. Wren Himmel. f ratios Watson Riau(' du Midi Prot, sour D. W. Brogan US Passport W. D. Paden......

R• Optional School-leaving At Seventeen For All— Of...

Mr. Fairlie would not make it t " Pulsory for the below-average child? The intel- ,eetual snobbery that advocates extra years of bore- d om for those without scholastic aptitude......