LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
DERWENTWATER.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.")
SIE,—I have the great pleasure of writing to say that the whole amount for which we appealed for the land at Derwent- water is all now either received or promised, and the National Trust is preparing to carry through the purchase. The success of the appeal is largely due to the co-operation of yourself and other editors, and we have received so large an amount of gifts from your readers that we feel deeply indebted to you and to them, and write at once to ask you kindly to make known in your columns that the scheme is now ripe for fulfilment. You,r correspondent A Stroller's" generous challenge has been met by nine other donors giving each 2100, and other gifts have come in both large and small. I like much to think how many persons in all parts of England, Scotland, Ireland, and abroad will feel in the time to come that they have had a share in securing this noble bit of lake shore for the people. It will be the part of the Trust to preserve it in its natural beauty, and to render it available to all who love Nature. I hope that a greater measure of support may in the future reach the National Trust, both for its regular work in securing open spaces, and for the lovely old buildings which it would be able to preserve were its ordinary funds larger. Every old building saved, every open space preserved, will be a possession for those to whom the beauty of our English land is dear.—I am, Sir, 81c., • 190 ltfarylebone _Road, N. W. OCTANIA. HILL.
[Miss Octavio, Hill is very kind, but in truth it is to her that the praise is due for securing a portion of the shore of Derwentwater for public enjoyment for even We were very glad to be the mouthpiece through which she made her appeal, but we were merely the mouthpiece. After the notable success she has thus won for the National Trust, we hope that Miss Hill will press forward to further conquests. We wish she could secure the preservation of Cheddar Cliffs from the quarrymen. At present one of the most beautiful portions of that noble gorge is being rained by the quarrying of lime- stone.—En. Spectator.]
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