24 MARCH 1967, page 28

Sir: Dear Uncle Simon You Were Always A Bright And

even a brilliant rogue. Charming, engaging, you enjoyed your elfin stance, enfant terrible: a veritable Rumpelteazer of the Lower Sixth in- tellectuals, you romped your way......

Sources Of Anti-semitism

Sir: Judging by his letter (3 March), Mr Green- berg has fallen into the common error that none but Jews were done to death in the Nazi concen- tration camps in Poland. As Sarah......

Sir: As Regular Subscribers To The Spectator We Lament The

abundant condemnation of 'Raven and Son.' For we think that we must be two of a number of readers aged fifteen who keenly appre- ciated the article by Simon Raven in your issue......

Sir : A Letter To Simon Raven's Son:

Dear young Raven, I am writing to cheer you up, as I fear you may have found father's letter horribly depressing. I'm sure he means well, and in some respects I agree with him,......

A Letter To My Son

Sir: I read Simon Raven's letter to his son without being as much offended by it as some of your correspondents seem to be. As a grandmother I would like to make a few comments.......

Sir: I Was Surprised To See That None Of The

letters to you (17 March) considered the subject-matter from the point of view of the son when he grows up, assuming he had taken his father's advice. As a companion, be would......

Sir: The Furious Reaction Of Middle-class Moralists To...

amusing article was wholly pre- dictable. But I must confess that I was surprised that none of the SPECTATOR'S high-minded readers thought fit to comment on the one really......

Sir: I Wonder What Effect Simon Raven's Letter To His

son would have had on me were I fifteen. I think his pervading cynicism would have increased considerably the instability of adolescence, for he has replaced the petty......

Hero

Sir: With reference to J. W. M. Thompson's 'Spectator's Notebook' in your 10 March issue, Nelson lost the sight of his right eye at the siege of Calvi, which was some years......