20 JUNE 1952, Page 7

The following announcement was recently accepted by the advertising department

of The Times for insertion in the " Deaths ' column: " Holmes. On June 9th, 1952, finally and peacefully, at his home in Sussex, Sherlock, brother of Mycroft." The advertising department took out the word " finally," on the grounds that it was redundant, but the announcement (which had been paid for) would have appeared had it not been spotted by a member of the editorial staff. The reader who submitted it has now had a letter in which the Editor regrets his inability to publish the announcement and suggests that its originator may wish his cheque to be forwarded to a charity. •