Country Life - Mumi The Best Thing, As It Seems
to me, written about women's work during the war, deals with the .part of their work about which least has been said- Incidentally it is dotted "throughout with good natural......
In My Garden - In Discussing Some Of The Rather
rarer vegetables I suggested Golden Bantam (which has a delicious flavour) as the best variety of sweet corn, which is not the easiest of plants to grow in colder, dis- tricts.......
Poisoned Fish • The Poisoning Of The Lea, Of Which
Londoners drink, seemed. to me especially undesirable because I live almost on its bank ; but news from many parts of Britain suggests that other greater rivers are in yet worse......
Buchan's Spells
Sm,—With reference to the statement made by Sir W. Beach Thomas that Buchan's cold spell from December 3rd had been particularly cold and frosty in England, but that he had no......
The Creator Of Munchausen
SIR,—I am at present collecting materials for a study of Rudolf Erich Raspe (1737-1794), the Anglo-Hanoverian savant and scientist, and creator of Baron Munchausen's Adventures.......
Village Schools
Sta,—Why not improve the existing schools in such a way that teachers of the intelligent " human " type can feel a pride in working with neigh- bours, even though in small......
Loss Of Precious 13irds The North Country Is Losing Its
most precious birds as well as its most precious fish. Blackcock, treated with very short shrift by Forestry Commissioners, are now extremely rare and growing rarer year by......
" Janus " And The Act Of 1351
SIR,—" Janus" deserves praise for bringing to the notice of readers in the South the letter to the Manchester Guardian in which John Amery's mother pleads for the lives of those......