The London Midland and Scottish Railway are certainly to be
congratulated on their enterprise in commissioning a series of posters, illustrative of the country which their line passes through, from seventeen Royal Academi- cians. The scheme seems to have been put through by the energy and enthusiasm of Mr. Norman Wilkinson, who approached the R.A.'s. Almost all of them, including Sir William °spell and Mr. Augustus John, accepted. Mr. Wilkinson speaks of our railway stations as " great outdoor galleries," and so, indeed, they may become if the L. M. and S. Railway's example is followed. Not all the posters may please, but the rail+•ay company can scarcely be blamed for going to the Royal Academy since that is the official headquarters of art in this country. At any rate, nothing but good should conic of the scheme. It may stimulate an interest in the Academy as well as an interest in art.
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