11 AUGUST 1950, Page 18

SIR,—Has the Spectator established a journalistic record in publishing the

exquisite article What is it Like to be Old ? by Mr. Theodore Taylor who celebrated his hundredth birthday last week? If so, you are to be doubly congratulated.—Yours faithfully, H. UNDERDOWN. Carlton Club, 69 St. James's Street, S.W.1.