23 AUGUST 1902, Page 14

GILBERT WHITE'S HOUSE AT SELBORNE.

(To TIM Ramon Or THE "seacrAxos.1

SIR,—I was at Selborne the other day, and learnt that the Rev. Gilbert White's house in the village was for sale. Can anything be done to secure it for the nation and save it from destruction ? It has been hideously disfigured by some modern additions, but these might be removed, and the inside likewise restored to the condition in which the famous naturalist left it. The old garden, with the sun-dial, the rain-gauge, the bricked path, and old walls, is almost un- spoilt. Men of letters and field naturalists all over the world who have delighted in the " Natural History of Selborne" would certainly help. Perhaps the Selborne Society might start the movement and establish their museum there.—I am,