25 APRIL 1931, Page 17

THE TERRIFIC DEAN •

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

SIR,—I owe your readers and two authors an apology. In my review of Mr. Carl Van Doren's Swift I made the unpar- donable slip of confusing the author with Mr. Mark Van Doren, author of the now classic John Dryden. The only thing I can do is to rectify the error.—I am, Sir, &c.,

BONAMY BOBBLE.