17 FEBRUARY 1906, Page 17

THE ROYAL AMATEUR SOCIETY.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR...1

SIR,—The Committee of the Royal Amateur Society will feel very greatly obliged if you will put this little notice of the forthcoming Exhibition of "Historical Treasures" in your "At the first meeting of the Royal Amateur Society (president, H.M. the Queen), held at 35 Grosvenor Square, when the Duchess of Somerset took the chair in the absence of the vice-president, the Hon. Mrs. W. Lowther, it was decided that the Annual Exhibition of the Society should be held at No. 1 Belgrave Square, by kind permission of Mr. and Mrs. Rube, from the 8th to the 11th of March inclusive, for the benefit of London charities. Intending exhibitors are invited to communicate with the hon. secretary, the Hon. Mrs. Mallet, 38 Rutland Gate, S.W. The Loan Annexe this year will consist of water-colour drawings by Signor Meacci of Florence, and of Historical Treasures.' Any one possessing such objects, and being willing to lend them, is asked to write at once to the Hon. Sybil Legh, 10 Sloane Street, S.W."