18 JULY 1970, page 27

Great Unwashed

Sir: I read with appreciation-. Mr Oliver Warner's excellent review of Kellow Ches- ney's The Victorian Underworld (11 July). But why, oh why does he say that Dore was 'a master......

A New Map Of The Indies

Sir: Henry Tube (27 June) is not quite correct when he states that, apart from the instances he cites, no work by Gabriel Garcia Marquez has appeared in this country before......

Afterthought

The flagrant weed JOHN WELLS Thick mystery still surrounds the escape of the Giant Hogweed from its bed in Kew Gardens. It now seems likely that the easily recognisable bulbous......

Competition

No. 613: The word game Competitors are invited to use any ten of the twelve following words in any order to construct part of a narrative, essay, speech, advertisement,......