14 FEBRUARY 1947, page 17

Religious Photographs

Snt,—An effort is being made to establish in Cambridge a photographic record for use in illustrating the history and comparative study of religions. Any persons, especially......

"the Western Orthodox University "

Snt,—Your journal took -a very effective share in countering the activities in this country, some four years ago, of certain bodies calling themselves universities, the titles......

African Crafts In England We Lament The Disappearance Of The

craftsman, the happiest and the best of men. It seems that such a lament is heard even in new and thinly populated countries. A Southern Rhodesian (" the first life member of......

Country Life

WHEN frost is heavy on the land it usually happens that "the ringing stations," centres where birds are officially ringed and recorded, receive an access of communications; for......

In My Garden

Gardens may provide much "unearned increment." For example, a gardener reports the presence of waxwings, those rare and lovely immi- grants, in his garden, thanks to the supply......

Yews And Bows Partly As The Result Of An Excellent

little book on the tree by Dr. Cornish (whose brother was once well known as a naturalist to readers of The Spectator); the question has arisen why yew trees were planted in......

A Soldier's Nickname If One Is Allowed To Talk Of

Palestine in an unpolitical reference, I have long been interested in the scarlet anemones—probably the lilies of the Bible—which carpet so many acres. It was therefore......

Tsetse And Fauna

Sirt,—My attention has been called to Mr. Cleland Scott's article, under the title Tsetse and Fauna, in your issue of January 31st last. With much of what Mr. Scott writes about......

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