26 NOVEMBER 1954, page 16

Letters To The Editor

THE WRITING OF HISTORY SIR,—Mr. Henry Fairlic's strictures on the scheme devised for the sixteen projected volumes of the new Oxford History, of Modern Europe seem to me to go......

The Human Situation

SIR,—Although Lord Hailsham is quite right in feeling irritated at sentimental arguments based on the hydrogen bomb, he seems rather to have missed the point. It is reasonably......

Work And Dent1sts

SIR,—Your correspondent Dorothy Smith is sceptical about the value and practicability of dental assistants. But these are not, .as she ry seems to imply, an untried theory.......

Fairlie's Review Of A. J. P. Taylor's Struggle For Mastery

In Europe (Spectator, November 19) raises some interesting points of historical interpretation. He attacks the general editors for their choice of dates for The Oxford History......

Books Beautiful

SIR, — Mr. Bctjeman is not alone in wondering if some British books do not fall short of perfection. Unfortunately, his supporters are scattered. if you would allow us to meet ,......