ULLSWATER AND THE NATIONAL TRUST.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—You and your readers have taken so kindly an interest in the scheme for the purchase of Gowbarrow Fell that I venture to ask you to assist in letting it be known that on Thursday and Friday, May 11th and 12th, an Exhibition of water-colours, etchings, and a few works of art craftsmanship will be held at South Lodge, Rutland Gate, by kind permission of Lord Llangattock. The Exhibition will be opened at noon on May 11th by Lady Llangattock, and will be open to visitors on both days from 11 to 7. Between seventy and eighty well-known artists have generously contributed works for sale in aid of the purchase fund, and I have also the honour to announce that the Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, has consented to lend a picture for exhibition. Her Royal Highness will visit the Exhibition. Your readers will remember that in response to the challenge made by " A Stroller" we received £2,000 last year. He has now generously undertaken to renew his offer, and will give another sum of £100 to the fund on condition that nineteen others will give a similar amount at the Exhibition. A cheque-book will be provided,—nineteen signatures only will be needed to secure one-third of the balance still required to secure the preservation of Gowbarrow. Your readers know, I think, that donations may be sent to Miss Octavia Hill (190 Marylebone Road, S.W.), or to Canon Rawnsley (Crosthwaite Vicarage, Keswick), as well as to me. Five thousand seven hundred pounds is still needed.—I am, Sir, &c., NIGEL BOND, Secretary. The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, 25 Victoria Street.
[The persistence of the National Trust in their truly national effort to preserve for all time this noble expanse of " woods, waters, wastes," deserves the support of the public. If the B5,700 can be secured in time, it is not too much to say that generations yet unborn will bless the efforts of Miss Octavia Hill, Canon Rawnsley, and their friends and fellow- workers.—ED. Spectator.]
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