27 JULY 1956, Page 15

Sr.—In his article on Poets of the Fifties, Mr. Anthony

Hartley refers, not unfavourably, to the work of Edward Thomas, R. S. Thomas and Robert Graves, adding, 'I am well aware that all these are Welshmen.' My brother Robert, snore suo, will probably deny the allegation, if he reads Mr. Hartley's article. but in case he should overlook it I had better inform Mr. Hartley that Robert Graves is Anglo-Irish with a strong admixture of Scot- tish blood on his father's side and German on his mother's. His connection with Wales is limited to many holidays spent in Merioneth- shire during his boyhood and early manhood and a scholar's interest in Welsh folk-lore and mythology.—Yours faithfully,

R. M. GRAVES

Savile Club, 69 Brook Street, W I