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Rural Topics
Date: 1932-01-09
Decline of village life: the cheapness and convenience of ?bus travel has brought the country dweller urban delights and privileges that he had never previously enjoyed. They are off to the gaily-lighted town now of an evening instead of sitting over their own firesides and the villages on a Saturday night, in particular, are like that made famous (The Deserted Village) by Oliver Goldsmith.
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