5 JANUARY 1962, page 26

Approach To The Pyramides Sir,—the Wine Of The...

vine- yard mentioned by Mr. Postgate in his article 'Approach to the Pyramides' has a fine reputation, but is it really, as Mr. Postgate says, 'over-adver- tised'? If so, where?......

Sir,—the Loss Incurred In Changing English Travel- Lers'...

be avoided, at least as far as France is concerned,.by getting them in francs from a French bank in England. The initial cost is very small and there is no charge (and no waste......

In Ferment

SIR,—Darsie Gillie's rhetorical question has my full assent: `What hope can there be of consolidating peace if the diplomatic immunities which arc essential to diplomatic......

Feeding The Lions

Sta,—So far as I am aware, nobody else beside Mrs. Knight has called my polemic on the Humanists fair comment, though, of course, / like to think that it is, and I am grateful......

Edible Fungi

SIR,—Anent the interesting piece on mushrooms by Leslie Adrian, your readers may be interested in Christensen's Common Edible Mushrooms (Univer- sity of Minnesota Press,......

God And The Soviets Sus,—it Seemed To Me, As The

publisher's editor responsible for this book, that the review of our publication God and the Soviets by Censtantin de Grunwald, in your issue of December 8, went rather beyond......

Hopes And Fears

SIR,—Although only an occasional reader of the Spectator, I have always regarded it as a periodical in the highest traditions of well-informed journalism. Your leading article......

Malta Preserved

SIR,—It would be uncivil of me to quibble with Mr John Hale after his kind review of my book Th Great Siege; at the same time I wonder whether he i correct in his statement that......

Travellers' Cheques

. . And another thing : American Express travellers' cheques are accepted all over the United States by restaurants, shops and railway booking offices as if they were legal......

Man And Caveman

SIR,—When, in the early stages of the Peninsular War, the British Army lay behind the lines of Torres Vedras, Wellington sent to England for a pack, or packs, of hounds to......

Suggestio Falsi

SIR,—It seems to me that Margaret Knight is being; less than fair to herself, her beliefs, Nansen and? the BBC. I neither heard the broadcast nor know much about Nansen, apart......

The Death Of Napoleon Sta,—the Abnormal Amount Of Arsenic...

in the tissues of Napoleon's body is to be explained by the antimony preparations used by his doctors. The minerals of antimony are usually found in association with those of......