17 MAY 1980, page 16

Keller Auf Englisch...

Keller auf Englisch ... Sir: Hans Keller's petulance at the expense of the editor, translator and publisher of Wagner's Brown Book respectively is more revealing of Hans......

The Guinness Family

The Guinness familv Sir: I am presently engaged upon a history of the Guinness family in all its branches and would be most grateful to any of your readers willing to share with......

A Juror Remembers

A juror remembers Sir: My Old Bailey jury service was very different from that of Karen Margolis (19 April); it was in the early Twenties and lasted two and a half weeks. The......

Mansfield And Manners

Mansfield and manners Sir: What a fierce fellow is your reviewer Jeffrey Meyers (10 May). In Katherine Mansfield he perceives 'a promiscuous young woman', dark, cruel and......

Gallicats

Gallicats Sir: What has become of the English blueand-white cat? This feline equivalent of the purple cow was once commonplace. John Aubrey could recall when 'the common English......

... Or In German

... or in German Sir: Can I possibly persuade you, in the future, to publish Hans Keller in the original German? It would save my dear knife and me many hours of agonising over......

Life At The Villa Mauresque

Letters Life at the Villa Mauresque Sir: The windy prose of Alastair Forbes needs determined concentration (26 April), but since I loved Willie Maugham, and associate the Villa......