12 APRIL 1957, Page 17

SIR,—The range of enjoyment of a reader who finds Piers

Plowman boring, and Troilus and Criseyde a 'footling rigmarole,', must be unhappily limited. Mr. Amis's article on 'Anglo-Saxon Platitudes' suggests two quotations:

'1. 'Missing so much and so much.'

2. 'Can we do nothing for the man in the cart?' 'Nothing but sympathise.'

—Yours faithfully, —Yours faithfully, Cholmeley Park, Highgate, N6 M. R. RIDLEY