31 MARCH 1967, Page 24

Letter to my son

Sir: Poor young Raven, doomed to becrme a friendless, self-centred, unloved, globe-trotting bore of a bachelor, should he choose to follow his father's advice (SPECTATOR, 10 March).

But the young have a way of ignoring their elders' footsteps, thank God. Mr Raven's son will want to discover for himself the futility of 'the pursuit of happiness' and the truth of 'dare quam accipere.'

PO Box 415, Blantyre, Malawi Elizabeth Burnham