THE PRESERVATION OF BORROWDALE.
[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.'"] SIR,—You will be glad to know that ninety-four acres of the three hundred and ten of the most beautiful part of Borrow.:- dale have been subscribed for. A pleasing feature amongst these subscriptions is that the staff of one of our great public schools has subscribed for an acre—that is, £7 7s.—and also, in consequence of the appeal you inserted in your paper, a gift of an acre has come from America. Will you allow me to urge that public schools both here and in America shall follow the example of Winchester, and that the College staffs of our great Universities should, before it is too late, secure one also ? It will be very pleasant to think that the educa- tional world of our day had helped the nation to obtain this beauty spot for the thought and inspiration of future Britain and the world.—I am, Sir, &a., Crosthwaite Vicarage, Keswick. H. D. RAWNSLEY.
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