COUNTRY LIFE 



THE Journal for all interested in Domestic 

 Architecture and in Country Life & Pursuits 



UNTIL the advent of COUNTRY LIFE, the premier illustrated 

 paper, few people had reaUsed the treasures possessed by Great 

 Britain in the way of country houses and gardens. In some cases 

 even the very owners did not fully know the artistic, architectural 

 and antiquarian value of their own possessions; and in spite of the exercise of 

 the most fastidious and scrupulous care in selection, the number of old houses 

 possessing instructive and interesting features seems unending. One of the aims 

 of Country Life is to enlarge pubhc taste, and the surest way of doing this is 

 to illustrate the best examples of all styles of building and garden-making. The 

 houses themselves are often equalled in interest by the wealth of furniture and 

 pictures which they enshrine. The historic mansion is, however, for the few, while 

 there is a great and increasing public which is deeply interested in the " Lesser 

 Country Houses of To-day." Articles on these, and on small houses of yesterday 

 which have been repaired and enlarged to make them suit modern needs, appear 

 every week in Country Life. Under the heading of "In the Garden," the latest 

 developments of planting and garden design are illustrated, with notes by 

 acknowledged experts. 



By this means the public at large becomes acquainted with the best work of 

 the architects and garden designers of the day, who have revived and are 

 carrying to their logical development those traditions, so diverse and full of 

 vitality, which give to each county its distinctive buildings and gardens. A study 

 of the articles in Country Life in the two series of "Country Homes and Gardens 

 Old and New" and "Lesser Country Houses of To-day" will equip the reader 

 with a knowledge of all that is best in historic and modern homes, great and small. 



The above notes on Country Life, appearing as they do at the end of a 

 book dealing with the surroundings of the house, naturally emphasize that side of 

 its activities. It is hardly needful to remind readers that the paper, week by 

 week, presents country life in all its aspects, and illustrates agriculture, sport, and 

 natural history with a fulness attempted by no other journal. 



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