24 SEPTEMBER 1948, Page 18

MR. A. WYATT TILBY -

sn1,—may I, in expressing my gratitude for Mr. S. K. Ratcliffe's note of appreciation of the late A. Wyatt Tilby's contributions to journalism and letters, remind your readers of a fine biographical study which Mr. Ratcliffe has omitted to mention—that of Lord John Russell as Whig leader and twice Prime Minister, published in I930?—Yours faithfully, " Greenfields," 225 Archway Road, Highgate, N. 6. DERYCK ABEL.