30 OCTOBER 1993, page 21

Particular Friend

Sir: Not the least of the surprises in John Martin Robinson's panegyric to Westmor- land (Books, 9 October) was to learn that Wordsworth was the first editor of the Westmorland......

Typical Comment

Sir: Just to confute the venerable (well, elderly) maxim that only letters of correc- tion are addressed to the editor while let- ters of celebration are written to the author,......

Silver Spoon

Sir: William Cash's piece on British aristo- crats and upper-middle classes working in Los Angeles ('One lets it all hang out', 16 October) would have been even more inter-......

Since When Was Harassment A Synonym 'or C Ourtshi P? Ip N...

Johnson, 'How can a Since when was harassment a synonym 'or c ourtshi p? ip n (Paul Johnson, 'How can a k nla n get anywhere with a woman without uara ss i ng her?') I pity any......

Asking For It

Sir: I believe Mr Johnson is wrong to sug- gest that modern womanhood is to blame for the presence of SHAs — sexual harass- ment advisers — on university campuses (And another......

Beyond Price

Sir: Grateful as I am for Nicholas Fleming's review of The Literary Companion to Dogs (Books, 23 October), I must point to an error for which he is not responsible. Alas, those......

Speaking In Tongues

Sir: Theodore Dalrymple may have had his tongue in his cheek (or lidah tiada bertulang) when he wrote about Indonesian (If symptoms persist, 23 October), but I suspect not. It......