A Prophetic Curse
A scientific farmer—at Rothamsted, that factory of ingenious ideas—has been paying special attention to the prognostics of that beautiful wild bush, the spindle. It is one of......
Too Many Foxes
The crimes of the fox are much greater ; they are, indeed, greater than I had realised till this week. In some of the Lake Districts, as on some Welsh hills, they are by far the......
Country Life
THE results of continued warmth, experienced, perhaps, rather more in the north than the south, have begun to prove disastrous, however agree- able. For example, I saw in......
Music
THE Ballets de Paris opened their season at the Princes Theatre on February r6th, and on the following night Lord Berners' ballet, Wedding Bouquet, was revived by the Sadler's......
The Cinema
"Treasure of Sierra Madre." (Warner.)—" Whispering Smith.' (Carlton.) — " The Loves of Carmen." (Odeon.) Treasure of Sierra Madre is a film which successfully restores one's......
A Multiplying Mammal It Is Pleasant To Read That The
badger, which has been, and is, most ignorantly abused, is whitewashed by a great agricultural biologist. Most of the sins attributed to it have proved to be committed by foxes,......
In The Garden
February becomes a busier month now that portable glass is a common and popular possession ; and a good many vegetables, and flowers, may be safely sown. There is one garden......
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