12 APRIL 1940, Page 21

ROMAN FOUNTAIN"

have no wish to argue with the review of my Roman Fountain in your paper, although, naturally, I am not in agreement with it and wish that your reviewer might have had a stronger sense of humour. But you will, I am sure, allow me one small defence. The translation of Mors Acerba is by John Addington Symonds, not by yours sincerely,