A really fine and imaginative idea was put into practice
when the Fell and Rock Climbing Club handed over the title deeds of some of the most beautiful mountains in the Lake District to the National Trust. The gift represents the Club's memorial to those members who were killed in the War. Never was a more appropriate or better conceived memorial. It is only by such acts of altruism that we shall be able to preserve the beautiful places of this overcrowded island of ours. Fortunately the love of natural scenery is one common to most Englishmen. Indeed, the names of Kirk Fell, Great Gable, Great End, and Glaramara will recall rock climbing to many more than will be reminded of Wordsworth ; yet to the minority the fact that these mountains have played so important a part in a great movement of English literature will immensely enhance their value as a gift to the nation. * * *
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