2 NOVEMBER 1956, Page 16

SIR,—Pharos saluting M. Picasso on his birth- day, compares him

with Yeats.

Would not Millais be a happier comparison; the brilliant young draughtsman, who, through his wish to be the 'contemporary of successive generations,' reflected the xsthetie, political and social aspirations of his time with prodigious immediate success and to the deep regret of his successors?—Yours faithfully,

EVELYN WAUGH