The Charm of the English Country 
A VILLAGE GREEN AND COTTAGES EVENLEY 
A PATH IN A GENTLEMAN’S PARK 
The village roadways are narrow and the 
houses crowd along on either side, some 
of them close to the sidewalks, others far 
enough back to allow for a little strip of 
lawn or garden. Few save the gentry as¬ 
pire to have the lawn. Ordinary folk dig 
up the earth between the street and their 
houses and grow cabbages, turnips and simi¬ 
lar vegetables ; yet they are not so utilitarian 
but that they reserve strips along the walks 
for flowers. The main garden is behind the 
house, and on its borders you will be likely 
to find a diminutive pig-pen, a rabbit hutch 
and a row of beehives. Everything is snug 
and domestic and very little space is wasted. 
The gentry arrange their premises on a 
different plan from their plebeian neighbors. 
Their houses, as seen from the street, are 
prosaic and non-committal, for they turn 
their backs on the public way and front in 
the other direction. Pass through to the rear 
of the dwelling and you discover a generous 
lawn, a decorative garden, hothouses and a 
wealth of trees and vines. 
It is a familiar saying that “An English¬ 
man’s home is his castle.” He zealously 
guards the rights and perquisites of his abode 
