21 MARCH 1970, page 34

In Praise Of Money

Sir: By way of comment on John Rowan Wilson's very middle-class eulogy of money, here are a few things that the possession.of a. small fortune may, in certain circumstances,......

New York Revisited

Sir: It is surprising to find a journalist of the distinction of Ludovic Kennedy achieving such vast generalisations as those in his article on New York (7 March). If I may......

The Queen In The Highlands

Sir: It was more than a little odd to read in your issue of 7 March Sir Denis Brogan in- dicating that it was not clear for Jacobites in the reign of Queen Victoria 'who the ap-......

Afterthought

Literary life E.M.S. This is the cautionary tale Of poor misguided Henri Beyle Who weathered many a major scandale Under the nom de plume of Stendhal. He kept his trousers in......

Negro Violence

Sir: What does your reader Mr 'James Adams' mean when he says in his letter (14 March) that 'the trouble seems to be that the Negro wants his PhD, Cadillac, etc, not merely now,......

Life Of Healey

Sir: We would like to correct a few points made in J. W. M. Thompsdn's notebook (7 March) about the book we are currently writing on Denis Healey and British defence policy.......