19 SEPTEMBER 1952, Page 4

I have been asked what the answers are to two

questions I quoted Mr. Asquith as having put. According to my recolle2- tion the reason why Hamlet did not succeed to the throne of Denmark on the death of his father was that by ancient custom the succession passed to a surviving brother. The Christian name of Darcy, I believe, only occurs once in Pride and Preju- dice, where a letter is signed Fitzwilliam Darcy.