17 APRIL 1915, Page 22

The desirability of establishing home handicrafts in the rural communities

of England has often beett brought for- ward. Mr. J. L. Green in a book upon Village Industries : a National Obligation (Rural World Publishing Company. Is. 6d.) suggests a definite scheme for their inauguration. We learn, moreover, from a preface by Mr. Tease Collings that the Rural League, of which Mr. Green is the secretary, has just adopted the author's plan, and that it is hoped before long to begin putting it into practice.