ENGLISH BOOKS FOR ESTONIA [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
SIR,—Might I draw the attention of your readers to a recent appeal made- by Lady Muriel Paget and Mr. P. J. Hannan, M.P., in this connexion ? English is now an obligatory subject in the secondary school curriculum of Estonia, taking precedence over French, German and Russian. Its study has been taken up with enthusiasm by young Estonia. The means, however, are sadly inadequate. English books bought at an unfavourable rate of exchange are very costly.
I feel sure many of your readers would like to contribute to this deserving object by sending on parcels of books, reviews and magazines, old and new, of -which they have no further need, to the Estonian Legation, 167 Queen's Gate, S.W. 7. Works of fiction and those dealing with science, history, geography, travel, memoirs and poetry have a special interest for the Estonian youth.—I am, Sir, &c.,
VALENTINE O'HARA, Member of the British Political Mission to the Baltic States, 1919-20.
The Press Club, E.C. 4.
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