20 MARCH 1953, Page 20

Slit,—One can understand, if not appreciate, Mr. A. L. Taylor

rushing to defend his book, The White- Knight, from Mr. Derek Hudson's able review in the issue of February 13th. There was a knightly quality about Mr. Hudson himself as he made combat with the unfounded suggestions of the book. I am thankful to remain, in Mr. Taylor's phrase, an " old-fashioned type of English Carrollian."

May we be preserved from similar revelations concerning, for instance, Kenneth Grahame or A. A. Milne. What might happen to Winnie the Pooh—" handsome, if a trifle fat "—when subjected to the microscopic examination of Mr. Taylor ?—Yours faithfully, 15 Holmesdale Road, Bexhill-on-Sea.

ELIZABETH JOLLIE.

[This correspondence is now closed.—Editor, Spectator.]