3 DECEMBER 1948, page 14

A Cat Story

A lady again and again found the clay bars of her gas stove broken ofl for no apparent reason ; but one day she saw her cat, which of course loved to sit in front of the fire......

The Cinema

"Call Northside 777." (Odeon, Marble Arch.) " Red River." (Plaza.)—" Here Come the Huggetts." (Dominion and New Victoria.)—" Scott of the Antarctic." (Odeon, December 30th.) IN......

Forgotten Words It Was A Theory Of Mr. Pearsall Smith,

that great and lively authority on words, that our literary language is, or should be, constantly refreshed by absorption of rural speech. Racy rural words are very numerous. A......

Music We Have Had Two English Rarities This Last...

Williams's Riders to the Sea, in a concert performance at the Central Hall, on November 26th, and Hoist's Choral Symphony, at the Albert Hall, on the 27th. These works are......

Rural Psychology In The Latest Humble Little Typewritten...

the excellent County Garden Produce Central Committee (fathered by the Ministry) appears a sort of potted account of the work of Mr. Rollo Myer as a country parson. It is all......

In The Garden We Have, Of Course, Compared Especially With

the Americans, a very narrow taste in vegetables ; ,and even if delectable rarities are seen in a shop no one will buy them. And we narrow the use of severaL One of these is the......

It Is Almost Traditional Now-abouts For Writers -on...

and diarists to refer to the catkins of the hazel nut, which indeed are wont to anticipate the spring by a wide interval. But there are a number of other bushes and trees which......

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