18 JUNE 1988, Page 25

Curious complaint

Sir: Christopher Sylvester's curious public complaint about his 'miserly' cheque for £25 for a 2,000-word-plus book review in the Literary Review (Letters, 30 April) is excellent news to me. As editor of a free circulation monthly magazine not quite losing money I have often apologised to contributors for our lousy rate of 11/2p per word published. Never again. In future I shall add, tut 11/2p is more than the Literary Review pays to such eminent journalists as Christopher Silvester'.

Patrick Dunion

Badger Publications, PO Box 1, Castle Cary, Somerset