AUTHOR'S NOTE 



SINCE the following pages were completed, in 1914, 

 the world has undergone great changes. Whilst the 

 Little Garden Planning Competition was still in pro- 

 gress the flame of war, devastating and world-wide, 

 burst forth. By the time these pages are in print, five 

 years will have elapsed since the idea was conceived. 

 The lessons learnt are, however, just as valuable to-day 

 as they were then. Perhaps in one sense they are 

 more so. With the return of Peace there is an ardent 

 desire to return to peaceful pursuits. Moreover, it is 

 assured that whatever else the cessation of hostilities 

 may fail to achieve one thing will certainly make pro- 

 gress, and that is the schemes for better housing of 

 the industrial population of this country. It was in 

 large measure for this population the competition was 

 inaugurated. 



On April nth, 1919, His Majesty King George, in 

 a speech delivered before representatives of the Asso- 

 ciations of County Councils, Municipal Corporations, 

 etc., said : 



' ' Can we not aim at securing to the working classes 

 in their houses the comfort, leisure, brightness, 

 and peace which we usually associate with the word 

 ' HOME ' ? The sites of the houses must be carefully 



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