19 JANUARY 1974, Page 5

Christmas Carroll

°it: Mr Gammon was presumably illServed (January 5) by the printer inthe ratter of C. L. Dodgson's surname. His anslation from Oxford to Cambridge can by no means be so easily explained or forgiven, especially since the House 1,.las in the past been well-known for a tendency to inculcate in its products Just those qualities to which Mr GamMon referred.

Noel H. Gale Ruskin Cottage, North Hinksey Village, Oxford.