11 OCTOBER 1963, Page 17

Declaration

Some weeks ago, in this.column, I indulged in some cheap sneers (great fun, this, I enjoy it) at the American movement of "Esthetic Realism, and its defenders stunned me with some of the longest letters ever written. Now I acknowledge .receipt of their latest publication, and a letter from the editors consisting of two sentences, one of which is: 'We love you.' What can 1 say ex- cept: I agree?

CLIFFORD HANLEY