18 APRIL 1992, Page 26

Sir: Robert Brenton Betts is, in my humble opinion, the

gentleman in error. To the best of my knowledge, the 'doggerel' does in fact refer to the Lowells, the old Boston family which produced (among others) the poet Robert Lowell.

Maybe the Cabots could have a word with Someone, and He could sort it out.

James Eyre

Cranmer Road, Cambridge