16 MARCH 1962, page 16

A Coldstream Painting

SIR,—May I encroach on the hospitality of your columns to seek the whereabouts of a painting by William Coldstream called The Lion House painted in 1928. It was exhibited at the......

Georgian Bath Sta,—during Recent Weeks Considerable...

in No. 5 Beauford Square, the so- called 'Christmas card house,' which is threatened, with demolition to make way for a block of fiats. This Trust has endeavoured to speak for......

Love Of Liberty?

SIR,—Delegates to the Spanish trades union congress in Madrid heard General Franco deny dictatorship and affirm that 'we love liberty more than any other nation.' Will the......

'the -historical Novel'

SIR,—May I answer the question raised by your reviewer in the thoughtful and sympathetic notice of The Historical Novel? The reason why 'the first German edition of 1955 and our......

Eca De Queiroz

SIR,—May I point out an unfortunate misstatement made by Miss Olivia Manning in her review of three novels under the heading Seducer in a Soutane in your issue of March 2, Miss......

Nuclear Testing

SIR,—Those like Mr. R. A. Walker who are looking fOr a credible argument for the resumption of nuclear tests and who do not see the New York Times will be interested in the one......

Cerebration

SIR,—In your issue of March 9 Hugh Graham writes: 'More than any of the older artists represented in this show (Gris, Leger, Picasso, Klee, Miro) his [Jaques Villon's] aims......

The Wen

Sta,—Believing implicitly as 1 do that (a) purely architecturally, London is one of the ugliest cities in the world; (b) 'the Metropolis' and 'Home Counties' are about the most......

Lady Chatterley's Lover

SIR. — In my Encounter article I put forward a certain interpretation of an episode in Lady Chatter ley's Lover. The main burden of Mr. Levin's criticism is that this......