Canterbury Or York
SIR. —J. G. Lockhart, in his Life of Cosmo Gordon Lang, records the remark about clerical moustaches as having been made by King Edward VII at Windsor in 1908 (p. 179). " On the......
In The Garden
The scientific experiment to test the truth of the "no-digging claim " has now been just a year in operation. The intermediate verdict, from Chertsey, is negative in form ; but......
Irish Mistletoe
SIR,—The mistletoe is not so particular about geography as Sir William Beach Thomas implies in his evergreen Country Life, in the Spectator of December 23rd. There he states......
Col. Josiah Wedgwood
SIR. —I am writing a life of Colonel Josiah Wedgwood, M.P. (Lord Wedgwood), and should be very grateful if anyone who has letters or information likely to be of interest in......
Frustrated Youth
SIR,—May I ask the authoress of the touching article printed in the Spectator of December 30th to consider the following words taken 'from a memoir of a friend of mine who died......
What The Deaf Hear Sir.—janus Asks, " How Far Can
the deaf hear music ? " Having been deaf all my life perhaps I can enlighten him a little. " A delicate ear for verbal music" might be interpreted as hearing the inflexion and......
Land Hunger
The market in English, perhaps also British, farms gives a striking illustration of the Kipling motto that " civilisation is transportation." Land hunger is general, and in......
Country Life
Amato attributes of the past Christmas, much more important than the mistletoe, most of it imported from France, was the return of the coco- nut to the market. The tits......
Winter Roses That Most Praiseworthy Of Roses, If Kept...
the sweet and thorn- less Zephyrine Drouhin, has surpassed itself this winter. A singularly perfect bud, very sweetly scented, opened on the eve of the 'New Year. Within a few......
Shop Stewards
Sta.—The contributor of the article Shop Stewards omits to mention that to forget this.—Yours faithfully, J. H. M. STEVENSON. the shop stewards are usually paid by the......
Snared Cows
In some farming papers, notably the Farmer and Stockbreeder, a succession of laments have been published from husbandmen whose cows have suffered from wire snares. Frequently......
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