24 DECEMBER 1943, Page 12

,4 A CHRISTMAS CAROL" Stx,—In Mr. W. M. Parker's interesting

article on Dickens' A Chri,r- mas Carol it was stated that the sales of the book amounted by 1844 to 15o,00o copies. Should not this be I5,000?—I am, Sir, yours, &L ,

HENRY WILSON.

[It should. We regret the slip, for which the writer of the article tv,s not responsible.—ED., The Spectator.;