On Tuesday Mr. Runciman opened an exceedingly attractive exhibition of
models and plans of country cottages, arranged by Country Life. It will be remembered that that journal organized a national competition in cottage design with a view to helping the solution of the cottage problem from the point of view of what may be called sightliness. A most encouraging side of the competition is that a great number of important landowners, including the Speaker of the House of Commons, Lord Shaftesbury, Lord Lytton, and Lord Selborne, have determined to build from the designs to which first prizes were awarded. No one could have looked at the delightful little models which are wisely provided for the instruction of the general public without recognizing their charm, and feeling very grateful to the editor and proprietors of Country Life for their public spirit and generous enterprise.
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