28 FEBRUARY 1958, Page 18

STALKY AND CO.

SIR,—I have just seen your issue of January 3 in which Strix states that we are not told what any of the Christian names of Stalky and Co. were. This is true of 'Beetle,' but not of Arthur Lionel Corkran or of William M'Turk. Sec the stories entitled 'Stalky' in Land and Sea Tales and 'The Flag of their Country' in Stalky and Co.—pages 131 and 191 respectively in the standard edition.—Yours faith- fully,