Abstract
ENGLAND was last swept by a wave of faith during the Victorian era. Men worshipped wholeheartedly at the shrine of progress and were so intent on their end that they scarcely had time to notice the means they were employing. Then came the great reaction against this boundless faith and optimism. Men could not help noticing the consequences of their work : the dark factory filled only with gloom, machinery and hands ; the slums and the slag-heaps that littered the countryside ; and the appalling intellectual poverty of the bulk of the population. The city dweller, seeking ways of overcoming these blots of civilization, looks forward to an era of light and airy factories and homes built of modern materials if need be, glass, modern alloys and brightly coloured plastics, with gas and electricity as sources of light, heat and power.
Country Ways
By Esther Meynell. Pp. v + 152. (London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1942.) 12s. 6d. net.
Field Fellowship
By H. J. Massingham. Pp. 192 + 16 plates. (London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1942.) 8s. 6d. net.
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RUSSELL, E. Country Ways Field Fellowship. Nature 151, 37–38 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151037a0
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