Country Life
SOME while ago—apropos shellholes that became fishponds—I wrote something about the mystery of the arrival of fish in such places. Both the best example I know and the best......
A Slip Of The Pen ?
S'ut,—" Janus " alludes to the signature of King John on the Magna Carta. Could he write? Is any royal autograph known earlier than that of [" Janus " writes: It may be so ; but......
Building Targets
SIR,—Mr. Grant's letter in your issue of the zoth July surely discloses a very disturbing state of things. Mr. Grant says that before the war the average number of bricks laid......
Mouse Or Bird ?
Do birds suffer in reputation from the acts of quadrupeds? The question is. suggested by the observation of some young women who watched a field mouse climb into a cherry tree......
The State Of Denmark "
SIR,—I congratulate Janus on nailing to the counter in your last issue the suggestio falsi directed against the Prime Minister in a recent number of the Manchester Guardian. You......
. What Sort Of People ?
Sta,--Considering the record of housewives in this war, is it presump- tuous to ask that the Government may cease to regard us as morons? During the last few years the Ministry......
In My Garden One Of The Shrubs That Seems To
have found its optimum of conditions this summer is the barberry known as Dictyophyllum. It has g rown beyond precedent,, and the whiteness of the bark is the more startling as......
An Elevated Hen A Queer Nesting Adventure Has Been Watched
to its successful conclusion by a close neighbour of mine. On her house, as on mine, flourishes in unusual profusion a red honeysuckle, much enjoyed as a nesting sire. This......
The Ministry Of Supply Have Granted Additional Paper For...
to be sent overseas. This will enable copies of The Spectator to be forwarded to friends of our readers, both civilians and those in the Forces, in any part of the world, except......
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