[To rim Emma or ma .gEtrecr.roe."3 Sra,—I was so glad
to see that your open-minded journal showed in your issue of April 4th "another side of the blind question" that I venture to advocate very strongly your correspondent's plea that employment is much more important to the blind than books. As one who has been connected with the poor blind of London for many years, it distresses ins to see that the ever-generous public do not realize that the mass of blind are poor and need food, clothes, and employment far more than books. If there is to be a vast sum of money collected, it should go to their general welfare, and not to their [Surely there is a fallacy here. If our correspondent and those who agree with her were to have their way, and to stop Mr. Pearson's attempt to make provision for the intellectual and spiritual sustenance of the blind, in all probability they would not get a penny more for helping the blind on the material side. It is much easier to kill subscriptions than to divert them.—En. Spectator.]
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