15 APRIL 1955, Page 17

SIR,—D. H. Lawrence's dislike for Shaw had clearly the same

source as his revilement of Bennett or Compton Mackenzie: the resent- ment of a genius whose fidelity to his vision, right or wrong, typically reaps odium or neglect, while the less resolute talents are diverted by the dubious favours of the coquette, popularity. Mr. Rubinstein's cita- tions prove the ineptness of Lawrence's judge- ment of Shaw; he was capable of rationalising his hatreds with the facility of a hypochon- driac inventing symptoms. But obversely he could produce judgements (i.e., on Galsworthy, Aldous Huxley, Balzac) rarely equalled in intuitive penetration.—Yours faithfully,