GILBERT WHITE EXHIBITION.
• ' [To THE EDITOR OF TIIR "SPECTATOR." San,—In connexion with the Gilbert- White Exhibition, whieb, as already announced, will be held on February 16tb and 17th (in the offices of the Civil Service Commission, Burlington Gardens), the Selborne Society invites the kind help of your readers.
Offers of relics, autographs, and specimens (the latter illus- trating Gilbert White's observations) on loan will be most gladly
received. ..
The Committee would be glad of copies of the following :— (1) "The Nattirilist'ECJournal,' a skeleton diary devised by Daines Barrington, first published by Sandby in 1787 ; (2) a copy of the first edition of Aikin's "Calendar of Nature," 1784; (3) Stilling- fleet's "Calendar of Flora."
Information is also wanted with regard to the making of barragons—" a genteel corded stuff "—by Quakers at Alton, the wool of which was spun at Selborne; the origin of the cuotom of making arbours on St. Barnabas's Day by foresters ; and the -whereabouts of the mechanical clock built by Prince Rupert. A specimen of a pillion would be welcomed and any references to important works showing that the authors were indebted to Gilbert White for inspiration.—I am, Sir, &O., Wilma= MARK WEBB, Honorary Soorotary of the Selborne Society. Wilma= MARK WEBB, Honorary Soorotary of the Selborne Society. 42 Bloomsbury Square, W.O.
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