6 APRIL 1929, Page 14

A RljRAL IDEAL.

Here is the gist of a recent discussion on the best site for a county home :— HOUSE-HUNTING.

" Where in the world, if we had our will,

would you wish Our home. to be : By a Midland spinney or Southern fill

or a bay on the western sea " No, none of your sea, or spinney, or fill ; I would live in a city as soon, For I must be in reach of a Downland hill, with plenty of place for the moon."

The italicized virtue suggests a country quality exceeding any I ever read in any house-agent's, advertisement.

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