11 MARCH 1938, page 16

Footpath Maps And Signs

The question of footpaths has long since been dealt with in admirable fashion by Essex, where footpaths and bridle-paths are marked by signposts. Here the walker knows his short......

Miraculous March

March came in not merely like a lamb but like an angel. After an abnormally dry February the days, from the first to the sixth, had almost the lofty blue tranquillity of......

Hawk And Cuckoo

I have been severely taken to task by purists for ratting a kestrel a sparrow-hawk. I am guilty, but unrepentant. I was, unfortunately, brought up to call a kestrel a......

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Country Schools The problems of the country school child is one which continues to agitate country people. Country people are cast-iron conservatives on the subject of schools......

Dormouse And Children This Miraculous Spell Is Sure,...

to stir the dormouse out of his winter's anaesthetic. More squirrel than mouse, gentle and harmless, friendliest of creatures, he belongs more to the world of children than any......

Country Life

Ditching and Dyking The state of English dykes or ditches today is something which would have given Cobbett apoplexy. It is less than a generation since the art of ditching and......