18 JULY 1952, Page 16

SIR,—Apart from mentioning that I neither called the Lambeth D.D.

" bogus " nor described the Bishops as " illiterate " (which may be the "two mares' nests" referred to), I should like to ask Canon Hodgson to enlighten my ignorance by informing me what Oxford Statutes prevent a graduate of that university taking his D.D. in the normal manner, should he wish to do the requisite work.—I am, &c., HUGH Ross WILLIAMSON. 193 Sussex Gardens, W.2.