THE FINEST VIEW IN THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND.
[To THE EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR."] SIB,—In the charming article "The Finest View" in the Spectator of August 3rd no word is said of the numerous very beautiful views in the Wye Valley. What of Symond's Yat, the Double View near Chepstow, and others I might men- tion ? I wonder how many readers of your paper are familiar with the remarkably beautiful and varied view from Barbadoes Hill at Tintern. All too many of the visitors to this favoured spot stay for a few hours only, give a hurried look at the Abbey, and leave without a glimpse of the view from Chapel Hill churchyard or the Long Hills. Undoubtedly the most magnificent view at Tintern, perhaps in the whole Wye Valley, is the view from the Devil's Pulpit at eventide, with the tide high in the river Wye and a glorious sunset over all. A view such as this last lingers in the memory, to be recalled and visualised in dark hours as a precious joy, to be an unfading remembrance, a vision truly " sublime and beautiful."—I am,
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