2 DECEMBER 1932, Page 16

THE ARTISTIC HERITAGE OF THE ENGLISH VILLAGE

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—It is interesting to note in connexion with the article by the Rt. Hon. W. Ormsby-Gore, published in your issue of November 18th, that the fabric of the old English Church of Melts, Somerset, has been recently restored by the vilincret<. themselves, in just such a manner as it was originally :trill by their ancestors. The most beautifiil and varied, appro. priate woodwork of the seats and Chancel stalls, with Crucifix, statues of The virgin; St. John, &c., is very remarkable, and particularly so as the production of craftsmen in a village only numbering 522 souls.—I am, Sir, Jr.c., "Ixonside, Clifton, ,Bristol. (Rev.) HERBERT Poor KING.