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SIR.—Bad mark to Raymond Postgate (Spectator, September 29) and, as

punishment, he must find out What a SWANSDOWN 'DREAM WHIP is and then have a dose of it, with a 'Frozen TV Dinner' each evening before supper for one week. The Girl with the Swansdown Seat is not an American story but one about' English prostitutes, written by an Australian author, Cyril Pearl.

MARIE DE LEPERVANCHE

42 Lang Road, Centennial Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia