Could you not follow up the article on "Particles" with one on "Split Infinitives"? We were always taught that they were the unforgivable sin. Yet I have just found two unblushing examples in one of Mr. Thomas Hardy's novels. If he may use them, why may not the children in our village school?—Yours, etc.,
C. A. Tait.
Meopham, Kent.
December 13th, 1919.
[In answer to the first and second charges we plead guilty to misprints; the third error was due to a slip of the pen.—Editor.]
JOHN THOMSON OF DUDDINGSTON
(To the Editor of The London Mercury)
Sir,—A material error occurs in the review of my book, John Thomson of Duddingston, in your journal for December. The price is given as 42s., whereas the published price is 31s. 6d. net; edition de luxe, £3 3s. net. The correct title of the book is: John Thomson of Duddingston, Landscape Painter; with some Remarks on the Practice, Purpose, and Philosophy of Art. Some reviewers express a high opinion on the latter department of my book; the full title ought, therefore, to be given—in justice to the volume.—Yours, etc.,
Robert W. Napier.
26 Bruntsfield Place, Edinburgh.