THE MUNICH AND VIENNA EXHIBITIONS
SIR,—There must be many like myself who, with no expert artistic knowledge, yet find the greatest pleasure in visiting the superb collections now on view at the National and Tate Galleries. That pleasure is, however, considerably diminished by the extraordinary method of cataloguing at both places. When one attends at the Royal Academy the catalogue serves as a guide from room to room, and the exhibits are displayed in an almost exact numerical sequence. At neither of the present exhibitions is this procedure adopted, with the result that it is almost impossible to discover the exact location of any particular number which one is anxious especially to inspect. There must be some reason for the present arrangements, which arc almost exactly similar at both galleries, but I am sure it would be of the greatest assistance to those who, like myself, can only pay occasional visits, if a simple pamphlet could be issued explaining the order in which these priceless exhibits are displayed and in which room any particular number is to be found.—I am, Sir, your obedient servant, NOEL B. GOLDIE. 3 Dr. Johnson's Buildings, The Ternpie4 E.C4.
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