EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS.
SIR WALTER RALEIGH MEMORIAL Fur:D.—Lord Balfour, Lord Curzon, Mr. Asquith and others write :—`• Some of the friends of the late Sir Walter Raleigh are collecting a fund in honour of his eighteen years' work in Oxford. As his friendships and his influence extended far beyond Oxford, they invite subscriptions from all who desire to contribute. His friend, Mr. Robert Aiming Bell, R.A., has offered to design a window for the South side of the Library of Merton College. The Governing Body of the College has welcomed the proposal to commemorate in this way his tenure of the Merton Professorship of English Literature. The cost of executing Mr. Bell's design will be the first charge on the fund now to be raised. But it is hoped that the greater portion will be devoted to augmenting the Departmental Library of the English School in Oxford. It is not proposed to found any prize in Professor Raleigh's name, for he disliked all examinations, and especially competitive examinations.
Subscriptions may be sent to the Raleigh Memorial Fund, Barclays Bank, High Street, Oxford."
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