25 MAY 1951, Page 16

Chapter of Entertainment

SIR,—lanus's selection of Proverbs vii for entertainment must surely bear the palm. The History of Bel and the Dragon, for our generation that loves detective tales, must be runner-up. it is a longer chapter, and we lose interest before the end ; but it bears,tt "U " label. It was read to me out of my own Bible as my introduction to the Apocrypha at a tender age, and I can never forget it. About four years ago a little boy

of four found among my luggage Great Short Stories of Detection and Mystery edited by Dorothy L. Sayers. Struck by the yellow and red jacket he asked what was in it. His mother found us a little later sitting on the ftoor, both completely absorbed in the History of Bel.—I am, Sir,