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 11th, 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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