and the large place given to sport in his education, he gets the impression of a people always on holiday. A Frenchman will be surprised to see how the Englishman always looks on the bright side of things. Sometimes, he will even be astonished at instances of the famous English good humour. An example of this was to be seen during the great strike of 1926. A one-day cricket match was arranged between strikers and the police. In what other country of the world would such a thing be possible? The English love their homes, and the old saying "My house is my castle" is very true; they love children and it would be difficult to find a people who have a greater respect