THE NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS FUND.
[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOE:9 SIB,—"-AS Chairman of the Provisional Committee of the National Art Collections Fund, allow me to thank you for the most sympathetic article in the Spectator of September 26th. 'There is,-however, one point on which I would offer a word of explanation. You ask what is to become of the guinea sub- scriptions annually contributed by our meinbers. The answer is simple : they will be solely devoted to the purchase of works of art, subject to a small deduction for printing, clericaMoik, &c. A phrase in our circular may have been misleading. We 'there expressed a hope that people may be willing to Contribute donations in addition to theit'sfinual " membership "guineas; and we said that the bulk of purchases would be made from -this sum. We Aid not'mean to convey that donations alone will be devoted to the acquisition of pictures and so forth, but that we hope the aggregate -of donations may exceed the amount we raise in the " membershiP " guineas. Having paid our yearly expenses (which will be small), every penny of our -funds will be available for buying' works of art. But our, success will largely depend upon enlisting the interests of many persons Whose means are humble. I may add that a generous lady has given us a large sum of money to meet our,
preliminary outlay.—I am, Sir, &c., ' BALCARRES. Offices of the National Art Collections Fund, 47 Victoria Street, S. W.
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