Country and City 71 



paper is of a very different order from that of 

 the city man. He is not a sportsman, he 

 seldom hunts for the "sport" of hunting. 

 You know the genuine countryman when he 

 comes to town ; but he cares little what you 

 think of him. He has a deep-seated dislike 

 of the city. He considers that his is the 

 original estate ; and it is significant that the 

 dictionaries recognize the unit word " country- 

 man " but no corresponding word " cityman." 

 He is rural-minded. 



As the city man's point of view of the 

 country is essentially a civic idea, it is clearly 

 outside my province to discuss the larger 

 relations of it. The city man's country life 

 is of two kinds, vacationing and summering 

 in the country, and the making of homes in 

 the suburbs. These interests are now well 

 represented by magazines, but so far the origi- 

 nal country life is represented only by the 

 agricultural class periodicals. It is not my 

 purpose to discuss the vacationing and sum- 

 mering in the country, for that is largely of 

 temporary and secondary importance. I am 



