4 MARCH 1955, Page 17

GERARD DE NERVAL

SIR,—Pharos is a little out in his topography when he says that Gerard de Nerval hanged himself in the lie de la Cite. Thc actual spot where the amateur of lobsters met his end was the corner of the Ruc de la Tucrie, 'nom predestine' as France-Soir puts it, a spot where is now the prompter's box of the TheAtre Sarah-Bernhardt, on the edge of the Marais.— Yours faithfully,