The Council for the Preservation of Rural England deserves, and
has received, a hearty welcome. It is a federation of organizations which were already in exist- ence and whose work will now be co-ordinated and focussed. The officials of the Council, Lord Crawford as president, Mr. Guy Dawber as chairman, and Professor Patrick Abercrombie as hon. secretary, have been extremely well chosen. Already the Council has been besieged with requests for advice and help where local attempts are being made to stop the horrible vulgarization of the countryside. The work to be done—unfortunately there is no end to it—commends itself peculiarly to readers of the Spectator. The minimum annual sub- scription to the Council is LI Is., but donations of any amount will be gratefully received. These should be sent to the assistant hon. secretary, Mr. H. G. Griffin, the Council for the Preservation of Rural England, 33 Bloomsbury Square, W.C. 1.
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