Country Life
RURAL REVIVAL. On the eve of Christmas two quarterlies reach me, both concerned wholly with country affairs. One is The Country- man, which, in its green covers, " annihilates......
White On Bnown ?
On this theme a suggestive passage is quoted, from the " Maison Rustique," in a wholly delightful little work (A Countryman's Daybook, by C. N. French, Dent, 8s. 6d.), published......
Mr. John Bailey, Who Presides Over The National Trust, Has
been giving the Government his precise views—and they consort with those of the C.P.R.E.—on national parks. The two ideals at which, I fancy, the Government is aiming are,......
A Gift For The Smithy.
Something was said last week of a German discovery for preserving wood in out-of-door situations. One of its alleged merits was that the preservative could be applied without......
More A. D. Co.
Another Christmastime arrival is an official publication from one of the best agricultural stations in the world—and the most attractive—near Ottawa. I mention it because it is......
A Hare's Litter.
The unprecedented multiplication of partridges, and indeed of wild pheasants, has been recorded in many places and with much emphasis in diaries of this summer. In Hampshire, at......
Among The Many Lyrical Passages About Food Which Filled The
diary of that kindly but gourmand parson, the Rev. James Woodforde is a reference to bread which suggests that the fashion for whiteness (accompanied by an acknowledgment of its......
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