A BORDER, MEMORIAL OF ANDREW LANG.
[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR...I
SIR,—Many of the friends of Andrew Lang have desired to see some simple memorial of him in the countryside which was his birthplace, and which he always held in the most affectionate memory. He had no love for memorials, but we believe that he would not have been averse from such a tribute from his own people. At a meeting held in Selkirk, which included a number of his old schoolfellows and life-long friends, it was resolved to erect a tablet with a medallion in the Selkirk Free Library (which he opened in 1889), and to give his friends outside the Borders the opportunity of sub- scribing if they desired. It is the intention of the Committee to devote any surplus to some object in connexion with the study of Border history and literature. Subscriptions will be limited to two guineas, and should be sent to the honorary secretary, Mr. J. Strathearn Steedman, solicitor, Selkirk.—
Fairnitee, Galashiels. Cherman of Committee.
[Mr. Andrew Lang was at one time a fairly frequent con- tributor to the Spectator. This fact gives us and our readers a special interest in the proposed memorial.—ED. Spectator.]
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