28 APRIL 1950, Page 20

An Encyclopaedia in Error

SIR,—J. M. Dent's Everyman's Encyclopaedia may be, as Mr. Wilson Harris finds it, concit clear and accurate on the whole, but " on the whole " must be emphasised. In Vol. 7, on page 253, between " Hitchin and " Hitopadesa " is " Hitler, Adolf von."—Yours faithfully, House of Commons. GEOFFREY DE FREITAS.