3 NOVEMBER 1950, Page 20

THE SPECTATOR

SIR,—I know I am not the only reader of the Spectator who groans at receiving the depleted paper of recent weeks ; and, while we pity our- selves, our sympathy goes out to you in the hard struggle imposed on you just after your recent illness, and we thank you for the- half loaf which you can still dole out to us.—Yours truly, A VERY OLD READER&