14 MAY 1932, Page 12

In two other counties, Cornwall and Warwickshire, where I have

recently roamed, a successor has been found—and a most unexpected successor—in the railways. In different idioms residents have said to me, Thank Heaven for the railways "—in one county for the L.M.S., in the other for the Great Western. Each had bought a great country house and converted it into an hotel, preserving with special care the flowers and trees of the surrounding park and trees. The population of Somerset scarcely perhaps makes possible a Tregenna or a Welcombe.