14 DECEMBER 1945, page 14

Sut,—" Janus " Thinks It A Little Anomalous That The

House of Commons should contain some seventy lawyers, but not one scientist. It strikes me as still more anomalous that, when housing is of first priority, the number of......

Country Life

Zr is welcome news, as I learn from one of those concerned, that much of the scientific work of Dr. Durham is to be preserved at King's - College, Cambridge. It would have been......

• The Best Jelly The War Has Taught Most Of

us that a number of despised kinds of fruits are edible and worth preservation. Among a number of experi- menters one tells me that he considers the quinces, borne by the orna-......

Luther And Hitler

Stn,—Your reviewer, Mr. J. 0. Cobham, has attacked me with a sur- prising vehemence in his review of Gordon Rupp's Martin Luther. I hope you will generously allow me to defend......

Scientists And Parliament

SIR,—Surely " Janus " cannot be allowed to write of Sir J. B. Orr, M.P., and on the same page say there are no scientists in the House of......

Cock Builders

It seemed to me a curious and unexampled freak that a green wood- pecker (as reported by a Sussex rector) should so loudly and persistently hammer at the oak tiles of a church......

In My Garden A Beautiful Bowl Of Roses Was Flourishing

at the end of the first week of December, and a mixed vaseful of iris, yellow jessamine and primuti suggested spring in the midst of frost. Herbaceous borders with clumr of......

Zionists And Palestine

Shat, — " Janus " cites the figures given in the House of Commons in answer to a question as an indication that English Jews are not sincerely interested in the establishment of......

The Warm Spell It Will Have Been Noticed That This

year, as in 1943, Buchan's warm spell (which should have been given as beginning on December 3rd) was particularly cold and frosty. However, no reports have reached me from......

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