11 OCTOBER 1963, Page 20

HENRY GREEN

SIR,—May J congratulate you on the short piece by Henry Green you publish in your issue of October 4: it is a document in the history of modern literature.

It was a pleasure to hear those unique accents again, their shape never predetermined by conven- tion, but blocked on the last of honesty.

In the garrulous world of letters, Mr. Green's eleven years' silence stands as a monument to his integrity. We do not begrudge him his silence. In his eight or nine perfect novels he has generously given us a densely-packed world : I, for one find that world inexhaustible.