COUNTRY LIFE
A National Park Very active work is proceeding to the end of establishing national parks in England and Wales ; and the idea is attractive ; but no one—not even Sir Lawrence Chubb— has yet wholly succeeded in defining or even in precisely describing what a national park is or should be. A definition is needed because there is a present tendency among the more ardent promoters to emphasize, perhaps unduly and even unconsciously, one attribute. It is to be a place, they say, where inalienable footpaths and such facilities shall be supplied for the convenience of the general public. Now a footpath is an agreeable passage, but no footpath is often much more agreeable, especially for those who, like the German " youth bands," roam in companies and sleep either in the open air, sub dim, or in very cheap and simple hostels, provided for the purpose of holiday-makers from the towns.
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