19 SEPTEMBER 1931, Page 17

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] • - SIR, — May I

correct an error in my letter which appeared under the above heading in your issue of September 12th. Careless- ness on my part must have been the cause of my statement that a paradox is an absurdity whereas what I intended to say was that a paradox is " a seeming absurdity." The expression that

it appeared to be a paradox " is often found, but'is a contra- diction in terms.

Another common error is the use of verbal for oral.—I am,