Everyone who is concerned with the preservation of the English
countryside, with its ancient monuments and cottages —an interest which we have very much at heart—should find the NatiOnal Ancient Monuments Year Book (The Wykeham Press, 3s. 6d.) invaluable as a review of the past year's activities and written opinions on this subject. Here are Mr. Baldwin's appeal for the preservation of old English cottages, an intro- ductory article by the Earl of Crawford discussing the problema of Waterloo Bridge, the City Churches, &c., and an extremely interesting description of the underpinning of Winchester Cathedral, which, though it was published some time ago elsewhere, will possibly be new to many readers. The actual work of underpinning—a tremendous task—was accomplished by a single diver working in pitch darkness.
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