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Sia,—Whilsi welcoming the formation of the John Gordon Society, of

which we wish to apply for membership, we must point out that in our opinion the Society has based itself on too narrow a view of Mr. Gordon's work. The Society might well be constituted as the rally- ing-point of opinion on many other matters in which Mr. Gordon has a burning interest. To mention only one—we feel that the portrait which Mr. Livesey has generously offered to commission would not be complete without the additional symbol of a hangman's rope. This could be suitably draped round the figure with some such scrolled inscription as: 'Purity through suppression and strangulation.' We are sure that posterity will wish to remember Mr. Gordon's crusading spirit in all