26 OCTOBER 1951, Page 19

SIR, — The Spectator of October 12th has just reached here, but

there is a serious error in my letter as printed. The Piccolo Casa Della Divina Providenza was founded by Cottolenzo in 1828, not 1928. That is what makes its survival and continuous growth, without any fixed capital or income, so remarkable.—Yours truly, A ROMAN SUBSCRIBER.