20 SEPTEMBER 1957, Page 16

SIR,—Will the Spectator give me an opportunity of refuting the

slur on a good man's name which occurs in A History of Punch, by R. G. G. Price? He tells the world that G. L. Stampa, whose drawings ap- peared in the paper for fifty years, was a roud.

'G. L. S.'s' son and granddaughter are deeply pained by a judgment which is entirely at variance with his character. It is not fair that their honourable name should be so recklessly blemished. Those of us who knew 'G. L. S.' and delighted in all his ways share their indignation.

Mr. Price owes them an apology and an abject one at that.—Yours faithfully, Chelsea, SW

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