Revived Music
One of the delights of rain after a long period of drought is that it wets the whistle of a number of birds that have been oppressed by the heat of August. It is a commonplace......
Unripened Fruits
An orchard owner is distressed because the immense crop of plums has failed to ripen fully in spite of long hours of hot sunshine. He cannot eat his Victorias raw; and he......
Emigration
Sol,—Your comments on emigration are timely. Whilst we all are deeply indebted and grateful to Australia, Canada, New Zealand. South Africa, &c., for their really magnificent......
In Defence Of Torquay Sitt,—in Your Issue Of The Spectator
for August 22nd there is a letter In Defence of Torquay in which it is stated that I g ave and endowed Torbay Hospital. This is a mistake ; it was the g ift of my late sister,......
The Control Of Laundries Sir, — It Is A Pity That Your
correspondent Dr. R. L. Kitchin g did not take the trouble to make full en q uiries before writin g to you on the subject of infection throu g h laundries. Had he done so, he......
Too Many Fews" Sir, —as The Reviewer Who Used The Expression
" q uite a few," to which your correspondent took objection, I must protest a g ainst his interpretation of the meanin g I attached to it. In my view, " q uite a few " is not an......
Shocks A Picture Was Published :ast Week Of Flax, Now
a widely spread crop, bein g " stooked." Is the word allowable? It is, I think, nowhere used in local idiom in the South of England. The a lmost universal word is " shock," as......
Country Life
- WHERE the ground is not too hopelessly hard, the gleaners, who had rather belatedly discovered very rich pickings, have already been driven off by the ploughs. Some few of......
In My Garden We Are Advised To Grease-band Our Trees
against the winter moth. It seems to me that an earlier greasing of some sort is needed against the ants. They will climb in numbers even to the top of a tall pear-tree to......
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