4 APRIL 1970, page 25

Mercurius: A Complaint

Sir: I have these severall moneths forborne in silence - those vaist cartloads of antick /Ass, writ by one Mercurius Oxoniensis which you have seen fit to publish in your......

In Praise Of Money

Sir: Will Mr Savage (Letters, 21 March) tell us why it is 'manifestly unjust' to purchase one's freedom if lucky enough to have the money? It seems a curious philosophy to wish......

Machiavelli's Friend

Sir: Mr Alexander (Letters, 14 March) still misunderstands me. My principal objection to his version of Guicciardini lay not in his 'philosophy of translation' but in his fre-......