LORD'S CRICKET GROUND
SIR,—May I encroach on your space to answer my critic R. N. ? A poem should be judged on its merits as poetry, not as a small work of reference. Surely, " Lord's Cricket Ground " succeeds or fails, whether or not it creates in the minds of cricket-loving readers a picture of the game as played at Lord's and on lesser grounds all over the country. On the other hand, it might, perhaps, more aptly have been entitled simply, " Cricket," as it is some years since I was at Lord's and the poem in that respect was written from memory.
Whether it is suitable for the eyes of our American friends is not for the writer to judge. But I cannot believe that we are so spineless as purposely to refrain from expressing delight in the summer game which is one of our national institutions. The Americans are a great nation, and, like all great nations, are proud of the many sides of their national life and respect the pride we have in ours.—Yours faithfully, Keresley, Druids Heath, Aldridge, Staffs. JOHN HADEN.
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