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week-end and one for tlie middle of the week. At present anyone may 

 build anywhere where land can be bought, and usually anything so it be of 

 good brick or stone and conforming to the local by-laws about the drains. 

 Our children are being brought up with a noble ideal : — 



' I will not cease from mental fight 

 Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand 

 Till we have built Jerusalem 

 In England's green and pleasant land.' 



But it is an ill notion of the new Jerusalem to set up a lot of incongruous 

 bungalows and little villas with asbestos-tiled roofs, devoid of any trace of 

 craftsmanship, and scattered over the countryside regardless of their 

 effect on the landscape. 



The educated middle classes, however, know better, and they are build- 

 ing houses of artistic value, unobtrusive and fitting in well with their 

 surroundings, and happily their example is infectious ; some of the 

 cottages recently put up by the local authorities in the villages are very 

 attractive and will improve with age. Fortunately, man cannot 

 permanently destroy Nature's beauty, and the blots we now deplore will 

 always be within the power of our descendants to remedy. What we 

 would most desire would be to enjoy our heritage ourselves and to hand 

 it on undimmed, and if possible enhanced, to those who come after us. 



The Conference of Delegates of Corresponding Societies met at Oxford 

 on Thursday, August 5, at 2.15 p.m. The delegates present were 61 in 

 number, representing 64 societies. 



The President of the Conference, Sir John Kussell, F.R.S., delivered 

 an address on the subject of Regional Surveys, which is printed in full 



above. 



Prof. H. J. Fleure (Cambrian Archaeological Association) moved, and 

 Sir George Fordham (Hertfordshire Natural History Society) seconded, 

 a cordial vote of thanks to the President ; and in discussion there spoke 

 also Prof. J. E. Duerden (South African Association), Dr. Edgar Salman 

 (Cardiff N.H. Society), Sir David Prain, F.R.S. (Gilbert White Fellowship), 

 Dr. R. Cockburn Millar (Edinburgh N.H. Society). 



The Report of the Committee on Kent's Cavern was presented by Prof. 

 J. L. Myres (General Secretary), and the reappointment of the Committee 

 was moved by Dr. G. A. Bather (John Evelyn Society), and seconded by 

 Mr. G. A. Garfitt (representing the Anthropological Section). The Report 

 is included in the Report of the Oxford Meeting of the Association. 



Mrs. Forbes Julian (Torquay N.H. Society) read notes on some of the 

 Kent's Cavern specimens. 



Dr. E. Greenly (Geological Society) and Mr. S. W. Wooldridge 

 (Geologists' Association) gave notice of a motion respecting temporarily 

 exposed geological sections. 



The reappointment of the Corresponding Societies Committee was 

 announced, consisting of the President of the Association {Chairman 

 ex-officio), Mr. T. Sheppard (Vice-Chainnan), the General Secretaries, the 

 General Treasurer, Dr. F. A. Bather, Sir Richard Gregory, Sir David 



