An American has done a very generous thing, for which
Eng- lishmen should not fail not only to be grateful, but to let it be -visible that they are grateful. The Dean of Westminster, laving issued a circular proposing to place a memorial window in that chapel of Westminster Abbey where Wordsworth's monu- ment stands, to George Herbert and William Cowper, who were both of them educated in Westminster School, Mr. G. W. Child; of Philadelphia, the proprietor of the Philadelphia Ledger, has asked to be permitted to bear the whole cost of the memorial, and his offer has been accepted. This generous proposal shows that kind of love for English literature and genius which does 'infinitely more than mere commercial relations to bind the two countries together ; and we may at least admit that, in this ease,
American has quite eclipsed English generosity, which seldom goes so far afield in search of the opportunity of appreciating kindred merit.
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