2 JULY 1942, Page 14

CONTRA JANUM

Sut,—Rarely do I disagree with anything that " Janus " writes: when I do, a silent dissent would normally be sufficient. But I cannot, as they say, let it go at that, when he gives, and so decis,”ely, his imprimatur to the poet's remark that sorrow's crown of sorrows is the memory of past things. So far from that being unquestionably the case, it always ought to be untrue and usually is. But perhaps " Janus " intended his comment to have relevance only in connexion with the proceedings

of the Food and Wine Club.—Yours, &c., J. K. MOZLEY. St. Paul's Cathedral, E.C. 4.