15 SEPTEMBER 1979, page 15

The Counties

Sir: If Christopher Booker will lead a campaign to restore the old counties he will become a public hero, and nowhere more than in what used to be Westmorland, once a......

Foxy Ferdy

Sir: Dr Cosgrave, reviewing a life of Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria (1 September), mentions that his successor, Boris, was 'destroyed by the second world war s , but clearly does......

German Jokes

Sir: My thanks to the clairvoyant Paul Ableman for affirming that I did 'a sparkling job' on translating Arno Schmidt's Gelehrtenrepublik ('German jokes'' 14 July), A 'fluent,......

The Last War

Sir: Nicholas Bethel!, commenting upon the 1939 options, states: 'The smart thing, both from Britain's short-term and the world's long-term point of view, might have been to let......

A.e. Housman

Sir: I am writing a biography of A.E. Housman, scholar and poet, and I shall be most grateful to hear from anyone who has personal recollections of Housman or who possesses......