SICK HEART RIVER SIR,—Why does Mr. Graham Greene in his
review of Sick Heart River complain that in John Buchan's view " individuals are of enormous importance " ? When one reads on to fmd his slighting references to such " great men " as Bankers, Divisional Commanders, and Ambassadors (why omit Commanders-in-Chief and Prime Ministers?) one suspects political bias. I would add that I know nothing of Mr. Greene's political views. A world that contains Hitler and Mussolini, and recently contained Lenin, does not give much support to the dogma of the unimportance of individuals. And when Mr. Greene asserts that it is by the " grace of humble men " that we survive does he remember that these also are individuals and that they need leadership? When the reviewer bewails John Buchan's
" materialism " one can only wonder.—I am, &c., H. M. S.
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