THE IMPROVEMENT OF LONDON.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."]
SIR,—The very interesting accounts which have just been published of the enterprise of Mr. Charlton Humphreys in acquiring the freehold of the Knightsbridge estate must cause those who have an eye for the improvement of London to see visions. One of the first possibilities to suggest itself is the transfer of St. George's Hospital from its extremely valuable but, for the purposes of a hospital, most unsuitable site to the quiet situation of Trevor Square. Such a change would' at one stroke advantage a great public charity, and make available the unique site at Hyde Park Corner, in many ways the most conspicuous in the Metropolis, for an opera-house or other building of like character. London is indebted to the private enterprise of her great landlords for the squares, which are some of her chief adornments. May the enterprise of Mr. Charlton Humphreys be equally beneficent !—I am,
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