Studies in conduct . XXII. TOWN AND T has been recently suggested in a fash-ionable newspaper that all the Londonpeople who have only moderate inde-pendent incomes should immediatelygo away, and live in the towns and villages of thecountry. They would be so much better off there,if they only knew it. In London or its suburbsthey have to pay enormous house-rent, they arenot even acquainted with their next-door neigh-bours, and they are positive nobodies. If theywould only go to those hundred charming countrytowns and villages which, as it is, are steadily onthe decrease in population
Studies in conduct . XXII. TOWN AND T has been recently suggested in a fash-ionable newspaper that all the Londonpeople who have only moderate inde-pendent incomes should immediatelygo away, and live in the towns and villages of thecountry. They would be so much better off there,if they only knew it. In London or its suburbsthey have to pay enormous house-rent, they arenot even acquainted with their next-door neigh-bours, and they are positive nobodies. If theywould only go to those hundred charming countrytowns and villages which, as it is, are steadily onthe decrease in population and prosperity, theywould mix with other families, would have no dif-ficulty in marrying off their daughters, would en-joy better health, would save money, and in everso many other ways would find themselves happier Town and Country. 219 and better off. They would also have the satisfac-tion of knowing that they were doing more goodin the world. The charming country towns wouldbe equally improved by this infusion of maidenladies and widows w
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