1 OCTOBER 1932, Page 18

PROFESSOR PICCARD : A CORRECTION [To the Editor of the

SPECTATOR.]

Sin—As a constant reader of the Spectator, allow me to point out a slight inexactitude in your " News of the Week " of August 27th. Prof. Piccard is spoken of as being Belgian, whereas he is Swiss by birth, and now working in Belgium. He studied in Zurich.—I am, Sir, &c.,