A London Hedge
We all know that the hedgerow is — or was — the distinguishing feature of rural England. It has now spread to the town, with surprising success. The holly hedge along Piccadilly......
Why Snob ?
SIR,—The name " snob " for a cobbler is by no means obsolete, as some of your correspondents suggest, but is, in fact, in general use still through- out the Royal Navy, where a......
In The Garden
Most growers have noted the exceptional blooming of the Algerian iris this year. In some gardens it has bloomed since mid-December and will bloom in March. There have been many......
Country Life -
I SUPPOSE that the tritest, most general of all references to the approach of spring is the honeysuckle which " disdains to be crossed" as Patmore wrote. It is doubtless the......
Caught On The Wrong Foot
SIR,—Janus, Guardian of the Gate, had better take heed to his own Latinity. Writing of Mr. Isaac Foot and his four sons in the Spectator of February 24th, he says: "Not quite a......
A Grateful Bird A Pretty Tale Of A Bird's Acceptance
of man as a friend in trouble reaches me from Holland. An oyster-catcher was seen by a wanderer on the beach to be caught in a patch of oil and rendered nearly helpless. After......
Heralds Spring Has Of Course Many Heralds Of Different...
For example, almost on the same day the first emigrant birds, three or four chiff-chaffs, chattered away in the elms of my paddock (to disappear the next day); a rabbit was......
M. Siegfried's Switzerland
SIR,—Mr. Maurice Cranston, in his review of Andre Siegfried's Switzer- land, refers to "internal evidence" which suggested to him that our edition of the book has been......
Roman Catholic Schools
SIR, —Can I say without offence that I believe your paper intends to be fair? And yet over the Catholic schools you have shown strong aversion even to entertaining arguments......
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