New Novels
PRAY FOR A BRAVE HEART. By Helen MacInnes. (Collins, 12s. 6d.) THE artist in fiction is 'something like the Mediterranean light in painting.; unless skilfully handled, rather......
Chess
BY PHILIDOR No. 1. C. MANSFIELD BLACK. 5 men. WHITE 10 play and mate in two moves; solution next week. This superb prob - lem by our finest two - move com- poser will be well......
An Economic History Of England: The Eighteenth Century....
S. Ashton. (Methuen, 18s.) • THERE can surely be no better guide to the economic life of the eighteenth century than Professor Ashton. Economic historians have the hazardous......
A Guide To English Literature. Volume 2: The Age Of
SHAKESPEARE. Edited by Boris Ford. (Pelican, 5s.) THIS is the second volume of what I shall insist on calling the 'Penguin History of English Literature,' and, as with the first......
Country Life
BY IAN NIALL THERE is a time when it is legal to burn the heath—it varies in different parts of the country, or used to, I think—and there is a time when it must not be......
Mulching One Of The Best Ways Of Ensuring A Good
crop of peas and beans is the use of mulch. Not only does this provide food for the plants, but it helps to retain the surface moisture. Where there is a supply of lawn......
Fish Eaters We Were Talking About Trout And Salmon Stocks
and the enemies of fishery keepers, and the bailiff remarked that among the greatest menaces to fish stocks, apart from eels, were cormorants. A drive on the long-necked birds......
At The Weekend I Watched A Raven, One Of A
pair I had observed in the morning flying round a high rock. The place where I was spending the day was a lake lying beside a path frequented by mountain walkers and climbers.......
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