Some striking figures showing the growth of the National Trust during the 1960's are available in the latest 'Infor­mation' sheet issued from 42 Queen Anne's Gate. During this decade, in round terms, land protected in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has risen from 275,000 to 420,000 acres; historic buildings and gardens open to the public, from 130 to 200; length of coastline protected, from 160 to 280 miles.

IN December 1964 Hogarth's unfinished painting of Satan, Sin and Death from Milton's Paradise Lost, reappeared at a London auction sale and was subsequently bought by the Tate Gallery (Fig.29).1 The importance of the composition as a forerunner of what was to be a characteristic theme of English painters of the 'horrific-sublime' had long been recognized, but it was known only through engravings from the painting made after Hogarth's death.2 Neither the painting nor the engravings received much attention from Hogarth scholars, because the composition was regarded by Hogarth's earliest chroniclers Ireland and Nichols as the most unfortunate and embarrassing of his attempts in a manner alien to his real gift for Modern Moral Subjects.