10 AUGUST 1956, Page 15

WHO IS WALTER HAMMOND?

SIR,—When my copy of your paper arrives, I always turn to Pharos first and am never disappointed. I read with tolerant amusement about the Eton College boys who had never heard of Freud, and thought that Bismarck was a herring. Then I was suddenly brought to shocked surprise by the last words of his column and find my own ignorance as great as that of the boys. God help me, but I have never heard of Walter Hammond. Pray tell me, who is, or was, this celebrity?—Yours faithfully,

GERALD HAMILTON

94 Ovington Square, London, SW3

[Mr. Hamilton, please!—Editor, Spectator.]