PROBLEMS OF RECONSTRUCTION,
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECIATOR."J
Sip,—Will you allow me to tell your readers of a Summer Meeting which is to be held in the Hampstead Garden Suburb from August 3rd to August 17th for the purpose of frankly discussing the great problems of Reconstruction, Social, Economic, Educa- tional, and International, upon a distinctly ethical and religious basis? Owing to the railway limitation and the need for economy, there are many people who will not desire to take their holidays in the usual way, and for them it has been suggested that a Summer Meeting held in good air and amid ideal surroundings may supply a need already felt, for it will enable those who cannot have London to get easily mental refreshment and the stimulus of new thought. The Committee, which includes Canon Master- man, Mrs. Bryant, Rev. R. J. Rushbrooke, and Mr. R. H. Tawney, have arranged a comprehensive programme, and to their assist- ance have come the Bishop of Oxford, Sir Oliver Lodge, Principal Selbie, Dr. E. L. Lytteltrai, Mr. A. L. Smith, Mrs. Creighton, Professor W. G. Adams, Mr. Sidney Webb, Mr. Henry Wilson, Mr. J. A. Spender, Lord Lytton, Miss Maude Royden, and many other distinguished and public-spirited experts on their own subjects. The number of tickets issued will be limited to one thousand, and programmes can be obtained from Miss Bolden, The Institute, Hampstead Garden Suburb, N.W. 4.—In the belief that wise hope end sterner faith will be born of our Summer
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