7 DECEMBER 1956, Page 15

OLD AND NEW HAVENS

SIR,—Outraged civic pride compels me to pro- test at William Douglas Home's reference in your pages to 'Newhaven,' Connecticut. The city in question is New Haven and, perverse as it may seem to an English ear, the stress falls on the first syllable of 'Haven.' With all due deference to the civic pride of the citizens of Brighton, I should like to add that New Haven, the heart of which is dominated by Yale University, has little in common with Brighton save its usefulness as a try-out spot for plays and the fact that it is on the water.— Yours faithfully,

ROBERT CHRISTOPHER

Time, Time & Life Building, Rockefeller Center, New York 20