Logs To Burn I Have Been Asked For The Author's
name of a well-known doggerel verse en the virtues of various woods for the winter fire. The large number of different versions would suggest that the rhymes are traditional and......
Country Life
IN looking over the many volumes of the works of Richard Jefferies or/ the eve of his centenary (he was born at Coate Farm, Wiltshire, on November 6th, 1848), I found that I had......
Senor M. Moves South
SIR,—With reference to Dr. Allen's letter in The Spectator of August 6th, I am writing to say that last month I also received a letter from Sefior M., quite correctly addressed,......
British Students In Florence
SIR, —May I approach your readers with an account of what the British Institute in Florence is doing, under great difficulties, to present an account of our language,......
, 4 Swallow Swallow " The Year Is Divided For Most
countrymen by the date of the departure of the swallow's, though the division is not abrupt and the date varies a good deal. More obviously, I think, than any other species they......
The
SPECTATOR A very welcome CHRISTMAS GIFT at pre-war price. Why not take out subscriptions for your friends? A weekly reminder of your g oodwill throu g hout the year.......
In The Garden
No manure spreads itself so kindly as the autumn leaves, and they fall at or about the dates when worms, those great tillers of the soil, are most active (as you may see on any......
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