RICHMOND OLD DEER PARK.
(To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,--The objections to the scheme of building in the Old Deer Park are numerous and insuperable. Firstly, there are legal difficulties to which the authorities have given little or no attention. Then the great question of " amenity " arises. Part of this open space is to be appropriated to science buildings with their inevitable outhouses and annexes (probably galvanised iron). The charming bird-life of that neighbourhood will be threatened, and, most important of all, the future extension of Kew Gardens will be gravely compromised. My object, however, is not to multiply argu- ments against the idea, but to point out that Mr. Hanbury, with his usual courtesy, has received a deputation on the sub- ject, and is fully aware of the storm of indignation which will be aroused when the public learns the serious nature of the proposal.—I am, Sir. &o.,
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