Ryedale
Preservation is very much in the air ; and the preservers are coming to the common conclusion that the first step must be a survey. All the surveys inspired by the C.P.R.E. are admirable forms of literature. The latest has been pro- moted by the Yorkshire County Council. The glorious Downs and Dales of this region have hitherto hardly suffered at all ; but their geography is at the mercy of their history. They have been preserved because the owners have been few and tolerably rich ; but there as elsewhere throughout England the feudal lord, as some politicians still foolishly call him, is of necessity, for he is necessitous, abandoning paternal acres to many owners. The threat to the beauty of the place becomes imminent ; and the Yorkshire County Council is to be most warmly congratulated on the preparation of the Survey " Ryedale " (Appleton-lc Moors, York), which is a preliminary guide to the Regional l'lan that will presently be enforced. The spacious illustrations of the best—others spaciously of the worst—are delightful.
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