29 JANUARY 1927, page 13

More Parish Registers.

Some delightful bits from old parish registers (in illustration of a verse quoted recently in this place) have reached me. One of the best historical notes conies from an East......

A Spaniel's Fate.

A correspondent from County Down sends an account of a dog's experience that is worth the attention of dog and animal lovers in all counties :— " A neighbour took his spaniel......

The Boy Was Hertfordshire Bred And Born. Late, But At

last, the Council of this progressive county has given a lead to the counties of Britain in the manufacture of a real " country bias for its young scholars. The phrase has......

Country Life And Sport

A CLERKLY CADDIE. A VISITING golfer, on a country common that makes an adorable course, was told by hig native host that his'eaddie was some- thing of a botanist ; so he......

So The Obligation To Feed The Birds Is Stronger On

as to-day than it was at Christmas time. I am convinced that a neglect of this truth does a great deal of damage to many estates where game are preserved. Pheasants and......

The Truth Of One Of The Oldest Of Country Tags

has been well illustrated this January : " As the day lengthens, the cold strengthens " ; but perhaps even the maker of it, whose wit focussed the wisdom of many, did not......

What Will Probably Be Most Directly Effective In The Scheme

is the arrangement for obserVation of country crafts or operations. The elder children are to be given the oppor- tunity of studying on the spot the arts of stacking and thatch-......