POINTS FROM LETTERS
A LIFE oF GENERAL BURGOYNE.
I am engaged in writing a life of Lieutenant-General trio Hon. John Burgoyne of Saratoga: " The MSS. which deal with his military career are to be found in the Public Record Office, and copies of some of his letters are in the MSS. Depart- ment of the British Museum. But General Burgoyne made so great a -stir in the social, political and literary life of his ,day that these records cannot be all. I venture to ask your cour- tesy, in order to assure you and your readers that for any information sent me I shall bc. deeply grateful.—W. JARROLD BROWN, Doone, Henry Drive, Leigh-on-Sea.
GARDENS FOR SLUM CHILDREN.
I have the offer of a Vicarage Garden to make small garden plots for children ; it will make about one hundred, and I have well over a hundred applicants waiting for them, but I have no funds for the preliminary outlay. Kind friends have offered plants and seeds. Would any of your readers help with gifts of secondhand children's gardening tools, watering cans, wheelbarrows, etc., or donations in cash ? Twenty pounds would set us up. All gifts should be addressed to Miss E.-F. Mowcwrow, The Oxford House, Bethnal Green, London, E. 2.
[We make a point of recording the Public Meeting held by the National Society for Lunacy Law Reform at the Central Hall, Westminster, on April 10th. Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck was in the chair. There was strong criticism of the Mental Treat- ment Bill, now before the House of Commons, on the grounds that it foga to apply the chief recommendations of the last Royal Commission, particularly with regard to the methods of certification. The present Bill, it was alleged, brings under Lunacy Administration one class of patient detainable for long periods without any judicial safeguard. Among the speakeza were Sir Douglas Newton, li.B.E., M.P.; Mr. Fred Gould, M.P., Dr.-R iscea Russell.]
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