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In "The Times" today, Sat, The Weekend Review p4, an article by Richard Morrison (a regular Times journalist) on Benjamin Britten says he fits into a line of emotionally stunted Englishmen..who sought solace and inspiration from children or recollections of childhood; Morrison mentions Barrie, Carroll, Ransome and Kiplingare the " whose tales of tough Tommies defending the Empire were offset by carefree children's yarns such as "The Jungle Book". "Emotionally stunted" could be inferred to have been caused by Kipling's time in The House Of Desolation. But should one say that his soldiers tales are "offset " by those for children?. Are the statements fair? Bryan Diamond "