ENGLISH COUNTRY HOTELS
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Your correspondent, Sir H. Kimber, writes in praise of the English country hotel. I am not disposed to quarrel with anything he says, but on one important matter he is silent.
I always spend my holidays abroad because I can get more for my money. I have just returned from a twenty-five days' tour in Germany, the total cost of which, including motor drives, all expenses of every kind, and a first-class ticket through the Black Forest to Constance and Freiburg was £41 15s. 7d. I should add that the hotels were in every way excellent, and I met with attrntion and kindness everywhere. The pension charge was from 10 to 12.50 marks per day. On my return to England I spent a day at a good, and not expen- sive, English hotel. That alone, without any extras, cost me £1. I may add that I always travel tout seul, as I like to make my own arrangements and vary them, if I feel inclined
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