RURAL HOUSING.
[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPRCTATOR."
Srn,—The cost of construction here in Spain is materially lessened by the use of bricks about an inch in thickness laid endwise for partition walls. They answer their purpose per- fectly, and cost so little that it is a common thing for tenants to partition large rooms to suit their convenience at their own expense, removing the wall when they give up the house. At the same time, these inch-thick partitions are perfectly strong, and stand for hundreds of years if required; in fact, they are to be found in many very old houses. Is there any reason why similar bricks should not be used to reduce the cost of building cottages in Englund P—I am, Sir, &c., custom," and that the strongest reason of alL The Romans used, we believe, a thin partition brick which interlocked. Some of them were, we think, discovered at Bath.—ED. Spectator.]
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