4 MARCH 1989, page 26

The Answer

Sir: A headline in your issue of 11 Febru- ary confides: 'Paul Johnson asks: do we publish too many books?' Yes. His own. Henry Fairlie The New Republic, 1220 19th Street NW,......

Book Check

Sir: Your correspondent who fears that a `Philistine' Lloyds Bank is about to evict the proprietor of the widely acclaimed Hall's Antiquarian Bookshop in Tunbridge Wells......

Brought To Book

Sir: Whether or not it makes sense for 62,063 books to be published in a year in Britain, it is clearly nonsense to compare books with groceries — or with vacuum cleaners, or......

Admiral Miers

Sir: I am reluctant to prolong the debate about my uncle's actions off Crete, particu- larly as some of those who were there have written in forthright terms to the Sunday......

Forward Prefect

Sir: As a prefect at Clay Cross Tupton Hall Grammar School I had a part-time job of cleaning the chemistry laboratory, ringing lesson bells and inscribing the names of pupils......