11 APRIL 1969, page 28

Dog Days

Sir : J. W. M. Thompson (`Spectator's note- book,' 4 April) asks for the origin of 'black dog' as another name for depression. Milton ('L'Allegro') derives 'melancholy' from......

Unfair To Lowndes Square

Sir: At least the graceful Georgian premises of the Pakistani High Commission in Lowndes Square, however neglected (`Spec- tator's Notebook,' 28 March), are still there. The......

Face To Face With The System

Sir: Mr Llewellyn Smith's account (28 March) of his experiences in sending two trunks from Athens to London reminds me of my own ex- periences of the Turkish bureaucracy last......

Remember Suez

Sir: There has been a good deal of criticism of our Government about its nominees to attend the funeral of General Eisenhower. That this should be just another example of the......

Le Roy S'amuse

AFTERTHOUGHT JOHN WELLS Of the many volumes of political "reminiscence promised us by the present Cabinet, none is more eagerly awaited than that of Mr- Roy Jenkins. Urbane,......

Sweet Girl Graduates

Sir: Mr Bown (Letters, 4 April) regards the prospect of Cambridge colleges becoming co- educational with eloquent and righteous indig- nation: 'serious issues of educational......