22 AUGUST 1947, page 17

Privileged Prisoners

SIR, —How well Sir Alexander Paterson puts the case for the chance to be given to delinquents to benefit from decent surroundings which also, incidentally, help the staff in the......

England And India

SIR, —The passage which follows is from the " Private Journal of the Marquess of Hastings," Governor-General of India from 1813 to 1822. The date of the entry is May 17th, 1818:......

Boarding Schools And The L;c:c.

Sta,—I should be the last, for reasons which Mr. Hayward will recognise, to deny that the L.C.C. made a good start towards fulfilling its obligations under the Education Act,......

Terrier Fishers Apart Altogether From The Subject Of...

fishermen are having a very thin time on some of the Scottish rivers, which are so low and clear as to make fishing quite vain. One fisherman, at any rate, is regretting this on......

Country Life

ONE of the results of very dry weather is that it greatly increases the virulence of river pollution. In normal weather any pollution is more evident towards the river's mouth......

Brave Parents It Has Been Queried Why Blackbirds Are More

numerous than thrushes, and have become almost, if not quite, the commonest of our birds. There are many reasons which help to make them successful " struggle-for- lifers." One......

In My Garden There Is Little Doubt That The Earlier

strawberries are planted out the bettor ; that August is better than September, though the ideal date is still disputed. After a period of obvious degeneration, the plant has......

Sir,—in His Interesting Article On Modern Switzerland,...

Postbridge, has much to say of Swiss contentment and tran- quillity, and contrasts this with the strain and stress in England. How is it then that, despite this apparent outward......