Rarae Ayes
There has never been a year ' I should think, when so many rare birds were recorded in this island. Whether the wonderful summer Wai the cause, or the developing popularity of......
Fragile, Sonorous, Evocative
sit,—It is always hard to describe in words the abstract qualities of painting or music, and the terminology of both is now inextricably mixed (" orchestral colour," for......
Barres' Schooldays
Stn,—The combination of my bad typing and my failure to correct proofs led to my sending Barris to school at Nantes instead of Nancy,—Yours, Pet erhouse, Cambridge. D. W.......
A Dog's Affection
A strange example of the mentality of dogs has been seen in my locality. An Alsatian living in one part of the parish made friends with a mongrel in another part. While they......
Country Life
IN the way of village organisation I was much struck by an experienc e republished from the hunable journal of the West Sussex Village Produce Association_ The member wrote,......
India's Seat On The Security Council
SIR,—The period of uncertainty in China, to which Mr. Talunankar referred in the Spectator of October 28th, was surely ended by the • declaration of the People's Republic of......
Post Office And Public
SIR, —In support of W. J. Hopkin's letter about the arrival of the Spectator by post, my own recent experience is relevant. Last _week my copy had not arrived by Monday, so I......
Green Old Age
In this temperate climate of ours (and it is to be remembered thit climate is not the same as weather) quite a number of deciduous shrub, seem to be on the way to becoming......
In The Garden I Wrote Recently, With Doubtless...
of the pentstemon and its immense circulation. I now hear that there is2 Pentstemon Society in the United States with study and correspondence circles and conversaziones "where......
The Doryphore Dory Phored
SIR,—Mr. Derek Lindsay has spoilt the effect of his letter headed "A Doryphore Complains" by a misquotation. What he calls "the opinion expressed by Ronald Firbank " is a......
Handel's Oratorios
SIR,—" For nearly two centuries the vocal music of Handel has been represented in England, for all practical purposes, by one work—Messiah." In response to Mr. Court's. enquiry,......
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