11 JUNE 1942, page 14

A Misprint

SIR, —A regrettable misprint occurs in my notice of Mr. E. M. Forster's pamphlet Virginia Woolf. In a quoted passage: " She triumphed over what are ' primly' called difficulties......

Country Life

AMONG the delights of a garden are enacted from time to time little tragedies that affect us more than the victims. This was one. Two jays had taken up their abode in the......

The Small Trader

Snt,—It is impossible in the space of a short letter to set forth exhaus- tively the case for the small firm in trade, but it would be a pity to miss an opportunity of endorsing......

The Hay Harvest The Hay Harvest Has Begun. Apart From

the use of silos, which se t one sort of hay-making in action a month ago, the cutting of all grass is recommended before it is ripe. The younger the grasses, the fuller of......

Postage On This Issue : Inland And Overseas, Id.

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In The Garden On One Country Farm Radish Seed Is

now being sown along with parsnip, for the reason that while the main crop germinates very slowly the radish is almost as quick as cress. Consequently the rows become apparent......

The Indian Issue Sir, —i Have Read Professor Eric A....

comment on my letter on the above subject published in your issue of May 22nd, and lest there might be other Englishmen who share the same view may I draw his attention to the......

Wasted Wood The Prospect Of Fuel Rationing, Though It Will

hardly affect the very poor has turned the attention of villagers to wood. It is generally said— and I think with truth—that the timber lying on the ground, or so old as to......

Rival Cuckoos In The Same Garden A Cuckoo Was Born

in a blackbird's nest. The choice of such a foster parent is rare, but by no means unknown. Here, as always, the parent birds evinced no distress whatever when their own young......