22 APRIL 1966, Page 11

SIR,—After eleven years and the death of his victim, Alan

Brien is disposed to retract his words and to write appreciatively of Evelyn Waugh. While in this retrospective and penitent mood, is he prepared also to review his opinions on 'the wettest, dimmest college in Oxford'—or did this comment constitute one of the half-truths of his attack?

Hertford College. Oxford

ALAN W. ROGERS