Country Life
ENGLAND AND GARDEN CITIES.
What may be called the aesthetic organization of the country is to be discussed by the Council for the Preservation of Rural England at a great autumn meeting at the Welwyn Garden City. We can no longer allow the country to suffer under the education system applied to Topsy who " just growed." That system produced what Cobbett (a lover of Saxon monosyllables) called Wens, and Carlyle, who often preferred more syllables, " concrete mendacities," not, perhaps, intending a pun on the adjective. The meeting will he interesting on many heads, but especially for the selection of the site. One may, perhaps, infer from the choice of the place and the personality of some of the speakers that it is desired to focus attention on the garden city idea. First, is it a good idea ? Second, is it well carried out ?
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