20 JULY 1944, page 18

Country Life " The Difficulties And Restrictions Of War Have

done very little check the activities of the Society " ; with such a sentiment op yet another volume—for it has 6o mes—of the county na history societies. Indeed some, including......

The Coal - Man's Friend Here Is A Little Incident That...

the English fondness birds as well as the birds' appreciation. A pied wagtail built her on the top of a high stack of coal in a station yard. After she laid her eggs, the coal......

In My Garden My Experience Seems To Be The Common

one that vegetables early more or less failed, while later crops germinated and adrnirably. One may almost say, it is never too late. A great ad cage in very late sowings is......

Use For Deep Shell Holes It's An Ill Wind —.

A use for one deep shell hole was fo soon after the bomb fell by a number of sand martins. The san cliff exactly suited them ; and a dozen nesting holes were put promp into use.......

'excessive Yield One Incidental Result In The...

in progress at Rothamsted, will please those who persist in argui against the use of artificial manures. One plot of wheat treated wi a large amount of nitrogen produced such......

Fiction

DISCRIMINATING novel-readers will sigh with relief to find present patch of fictional dullness lighted up by a new Maugh —all the more as we had been told by the - master some......

Shorter Notice

The Reading of the Bible. By Sir Frederic Kenyon. (Murray. 4s. 6d.) IN his The Story of the Bible, published some eight years ago, Sir Frederic Kenyon showed how clearly and......

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