25 JUNE 1948, page 17

Employment In Prisons

Sta,—By mischance the Lord Chancellor was widely reported as saying that prison earnings had been, up to recently, 6d. a day, and were now increased by 50 per cent. For " day "......

Kindly Fruits

The kindly fruits of the earth, if that means wild fruits, are peculiarly abundant this year, though many of the cultivated fruits are sparse. I write after feasting on a bowl......

Le Five O'clock

Sm,—After recent experience of the courtesy of Continental hotels, one is abruptly discouraged by the short-sighted bluntness of certain hotel- keepers at home. Recently, with a......

Bellows' Dictionary

StR,—The mention, by Janus, of a recent issue of a "neatly bound volume" of Bellows' French Dictionary revives memories of happy days gone by seeing that it was the only one in......

In The Garden Is There Any Flowering Shrub In The

list that can rival Zephyrine Drouhin ? The individual rose flower is of course not remarkable, except in scent, but numbers atone for form. I started to count the flowers on......

Country Life

THE smell of "new-mown hay," now beginning to please our sense, is, I suppose, peculiarly English ; at any rate the phrase—in English—appears again and again in French books.......

Records Of Patients

Snt,—Before joining the new Health Service the public should realise that the strict professional secrecy formerly observed between doctor and patient will not obtain in this......

Sport And Dagos "

SIR, —I see you have taken on yourself to belabour me for my chance remark at Hastings re sport and dagos. I think you might have taken the trouble to find out my meaning before......

Graduands

SIR,—Surely Janus has not descended to "coining" new words? As the Oxford Dictionary does not show this variant of graduate, it is to be [Janus writes: " Graduand may be a good......

Bird Circulation The Circulation Of Birds Grows Patently...

in this bird-loving island ; witness individual experience, the number of books, letters and articles, and indeed of organisations concerned with their welfare. The Royal......

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