Bits of England
Among almanacs for the new year a special word must be said for the calendar put forth by the National Trust and procurable at 25. 6d. from any good stationer. If you want the finer savour of England, not least its trees and old houses, here it is in the highest measure; but the very lovely pictures of places saved by the Trust include two of exceptional interest to naturalists. The photographs of the wooing and nesting of a sandwich and common tern on Scolt Head would win a prize in any exhibition of the photographer's art and illustrate nice points in ornithology. I suppose that Seek Head and Wicken Fen, both of which are illustrated, have been more thoroughly surveyed in every quality than any other places in the island, and neither has been much altered by the progress of civilisation. The survey of Wicken, though its acreage is small, occupies many volumes, and though it is chiefly famous among moth-ers, it has a score of other interests.
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