SHACKS on &locus ?
If anyone hag any lingering doubts about the wisdom or the necessity of town and regional planning, they will be wholly dissipated by turning over the picture pages of a pamphlet now being distributed by the Council for the Preser- vation of Rural England. The hugger-mugger misery of cramped factories and gardenless houses is contrasted with the spick and span comeliness of use and beauty where the inter-relation of the two is designed and expressed. The factory has its rhythm no less than the country house ; and in the quality of its surroundings and structure what is more efficient will more often than not prove also more beautiful. The admirable and most persuasive photographs of how to do it and how not to do it are not diluted by much verbal comment ; but it is refreshing to be reminded of Dr. Jack's modern litany beginning " From all destroyers of natural beauty in this parish and everywhere " and ending " From the carelessness of individuals and the somnolence of Local Authorities ; from all foul smells, noises and sights—good Lord deliver us ! " It is well and ingeniously pointed out by Sir Leslie Scott that " development," which always means building in the modern jargon, ought really to refer to agri- culture ; we undevelop land when we substitute the shack for the shock of corn. * * * *
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