7 MARCH 1868, Page 3

Mr. C. Tennant suggests in the Star a brilliant plan

for reliev- ing the British Museum, now suffering from a plethora of treasures. Leave the natural. history collection where it is, and give up Somerset House to the other collections, connecting the two build- ings by a new great street, which would smash through one of the worst bits of London. Somerset House is just the right shape for galleries, and if the Court were covered with glass we should have a hall for sculpture such as the world has never seen. The Revenue and Marine departments could easily be lodged elsewhere, and the House is already national property. Mr. Tennant makes a mistake in asking for the new street, which will add heavily to the cost, and may wait, but the rest of his suggestion is brilliant.