2 AUGUST 1969, Page 26

Dark and obn.ubilated affairs

Sir: Please tell Mercurius Oxoniensis that to write, as he did in his Oxford letter (26 July), that the late Dean of Christ Church was 'born in Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia', is like writing that a man was born in 'Rhode Island, Massachusetts'.

According to Who's Who, Dr Simpson in fact came from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. It is a small province, but there are those who love it.