Scores of examples suggest themselves. How fruitful in rural Canada
(whence sprang the Women's Institutes) is the amalgamation of the churches. It is leading even to the establishment of a real school of native architecture. What co-operative opportunities are suggested by Major Poore's small-holding organization in Wiltshire or the existing group of allotment holders at Rothamsted. Those two charming and most formative books, The Soul of a People and A Free Fanner in a Free Stale give admirable examples of the revival of village life in special villages of Denmark and Holland. Thriugh the B.B.C. the villages of the world may pool their best experiences to the infinite benefit of all these half-isolated communities, both in their practical and spiritual affairs. All village organizers should watch this pioneer experiment as if their life, their social life, depended on it.
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