24 MAY 1968, Page 30

Young master

Sir: Henry Tube has no need to continue wait- ing for an English translation of Raymond Radiguet's Le Ba) du Comte d'Orgel (17 May). This work, under the title Count D'Orgel Opens the Ball in a translation by Violet Schiff, was published by the Harvill Press, London, some years ago—my copy is dated June 1955.