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"FORE1VORD" I am so glad to hear that the \anon's [nstitute of Ontario arc going to compile villages history hooks. Events lllUVL' wry fast nowadays; houses are pulled down, ncw roads are made, and the aspvct of the countrysitlv Changes com- pletcly sometimes in a short time. It is a most useful and satisfying task for \thnon's Insti- tute nwmlsurs to see that nuthing valuahlt- is lost UI' lorgotttu, and women should bu on the alert always to guard the traditions of their homes, and to $61) that water colour sketches and prints, prawns and Prose legends should find their way into those hooks. The Uldcst pmplu in the village will tell us fascinating stories of what they rmnvnilwr, which the youngcr incinht'rs can write down, thus making a hritlgv hctwccn them and events which happened heforu they wt‘rv horn. Alter all, it is tlu, history of humanity which is continually interesting to us, and your village histories will he the basis of accurate facts much valued by historians of the future. I am proud to think that you have called them "The Tweedsmnir Village Histories". q --Writtru by Lady Twrvdsmuir.