THE AERODROME AT WINDERMERE.
[To THE EDITOli Or THAI "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—Surely the natural beauty of the Lake District is just as important a reason against the proposed aerodrome among the cliffs and islands of Winander as the damage to the hotel keepers and to local sport for which Canon Rawnsley makes out so excellent a case. When so few places in our islands remain untouched by the desecrating hand of the half-educated tripper, this region, famous not only for the incomparable charm of the scenery, but also for its associations with one of England's greatest poets, should surely be preserved with the greatest care, Away from the main road with its noisy chars-is-bancs, the beauty of the lakes and fells is still un- marred, and Hawkshead and Rydal have changed but little since Wordsworth made them for ever memorable; but the aerodrome with its attendant drawbacks will soon banish their charm for ever. The English have always been lament- ably supine on 'occasions when their heritage of natural or artistic beauty has been threatened by those to whom pecuniary or utilitarian gain is all in all, and it may be wise to keep that aspect of the case in the background, but for the sake of our reputation in the eyes of others it should not be
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