5 FEBRUARY 1954, page 13

Sir,—we Should Not Have Dared To Write To You, But

we see that you have published a letter from Little Mr. Tomk ins about Dr. Edith Sitwell, so perhaps we can ask a ques- tion. Is all Dr. Sitwell's poetry, as well as the bit in......

Sir,—may I Express My Gratitude To Sir Compton Mackenzie For

his wise comments on the present position of teachers, and par- ticularly for his emphasis on the unity of the profession. On the other hand I can only deplore the......

Sir,—miss Edith Sitwell's Gentle Rebuke To Your Reviewer...

recent issue does prompt the reflection that devotion to God, if not of a weak and parasitic literary growth, is and should be expressed in the language of one's own time. Hence......

Sir,—i Have Not Read Dr. Edith Sitwell's New Slim :

volume of verse, nor any others of hers for that matter. But her obvious fury at any criticism, even by a competent critic, whom she belittles by implication and by personal......

Letters To The Editor

CRITIC BETWEEN THE LINES SIR,—II is obvious from two phrases in his article " Critic Between the Lines," that, like other of our feathered friends, Mr. Anthony Hartley has spent......

Sns,—heaven Knows That Dr. Edith Sitwell Is In No Need

of defenders, but I should like to say a word in favour of her method of retort to criticism. Crude hard hitting has always been a healthy prerogative of English literary......

Teachers' Salaries

SIR,—Your correspondents, who wonder (or complain) at the grammar school masters' demand for higher pay than their colleagues in other schools miss the point. No one would deny......

Sir, —if The Anlysis Of ' Perplexed' Were Correct, There...

be a brisk supply of good candidates for teaching; in fact employers are complaining of shortages and deterioration of quality. He states correctly that teachers average about......