BRITISH HOTELS
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Your critique of the new issue by Trust Houses, Ltd., of Tales of Old Inns has been brought to my notice and I very much appreciate your kind remarks about my illustrations.
The pleasant memories which you mention are also mine, and the many hours passed in sketching at these hotels have given me very good opportunities for testing the general quality of both service and equipment.
For this reason I am very much surprised at your last sentence which makes odious comparisons between the beauty of the exterior and the cooking of the cabbage. I would like to protest against this in fairness to my hosts, and to state that when making these drawings I have also tested the skill and resource of the kitchens, and have been invariably im- pressed by the excellence and variety of the cuisine and the high standard of the management. —I am, Sir, &e.,
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