xii AUTHOR'S NOTE TO NEW EDITION 



tl during the 41 years it has been held the capital value 

 " has depreciated in round figures at the rate of ^1500 

 " per annum a fact that should interest politicians of 

 " both parties." 



It should indeed ! 



I cannot close this note without returning my 

 thanks to my Danish friends for the favour with 

 which this book has been received by them, and in 

 Denmark generally. 1 It is very satisfactory to an 

 author who ventures to write upon the agricultural 

 affairs and policy of a foreign land to find the accuracy 

 of his remarks and conclusions practically unques- 

 tioned by those who alone are in a position to express 

 an authoritative judgment as to their value. 



H. RIDER HAGGARD. 



DiTCHlNGHAM, July 1, 1912. 



1 A translation of " Rural Denmark " appeared in the columns of 

 the great Danish paper Politiken, and was afterwards published as a 

 supplement by that journal. 



