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>Very poor in terms >of etiquette or professional confidence and very indiscreet. These >are not letters, they are in-house reports. To my knowledge, private letters are treated carefully, according to the laws of libel, and are best not printed unexpurgated until everyone is dead. But I am fairly ignorant of such matters, I stll think the idea that a poor review/response can make a poet stop writing is a bit sad. Or do we just write for the reviews? I can't think of anything more empty. What if Blake had given up after the Examiner called him an "unfortunate lunatic"? Best Alison %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%