The Miscreant
'1 remember,' said the old gamekeeper, 'going up to the little lake one day and finding a boy fishing there. He had come on a bicycle. When we asked him he said he had had......
Country Life
By IAN NIALL THERE is perhaps no time of year when the country- side looks more denuded and sad than it does at this moment. The leaves have gone from the trees, the pasture is......
Company Notes
By CUSTOS IF conditions were normal one would expect a pre-Christmas rally in the stock markets, but they are not normal and what new buying comes along is usually swallowed up......
Pied Jackdaws From Time To Time One Sees Or Hears
about white blackbirds, blackbirds, crows and jackdaws with several white feathers in their plumage. My son told me not long ago about one of these odd birds he had seen, a......
Manures
Bonemeal or bonefiour makes a good pick-up for things sapped of strength by the presence or proximity of shrubs or hedges. Another cure for a common ill is lime to sweeten these......
Chess
By PHILIDOR No. 133. C. MANSFIELD (2nd Prize, B.C.F., 1937) BLACK (8 men) WHITE (12 men) VVHITE to play and mate in two moves: solution nex week. Solution to last week's problem......
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