The Northern Half
Stg,—Mr. Philip Carr, in an article in last week's issue headed " Selling Britain Abroad," rightly says : " The Englishman 'pleading for England in another country is suspect to......
Working Prisoners
SIR,—I understand the Trades Unions of this country have brought pressure to bear on the Government to prevent German prisoners under- taking any constructive building work in......
Neglected Walking Sticks
A new term of praise which pleases me was heard the other/day on a Welsh farm. It was said of one labourer by an envious companion, " He has a wonderful eye for a walking stick......
Health And Disease
Sut,—In your issue of September 28th, the reviewer of Sir A. Howard's book Fanning and Gardening for Health and Disease, in reference to my small testimony assumed on page 292......
Country Life
SOME most suggestive and suggestively successful experiments in the arts of production are being carried through in the North-Western shires. Ayrshire, which names perhaps the......
Evening Dress
SIR,—In reply to Janus's objection to the fiat issued by luxury restaurants, one naturally supposes that men who patronise such places can afford evening dress and laundry......
A New Mimicry
We all know that the starling is a parrot: it can imitate many other birds, and is especially successful, at least in my experience, in pretending to be a thrush, doubtless......
In My Garden
A South Coast gardener tells me that he has growing in close juxta- position in his garden three pimpernels, one scarlet, one a deep blue and one pink. The appearance is......
The Mushroom - Minded My Postbag Suggests That A Large...
people are aruaous to test their palate with more species of mushroom, in the line of the much more catholic habits of the French and Italians and indeed most European peoples.......
Country Life
Stit,—It was good to see, in " Rusticus's " letter, a more realistic view of country life than often obtains among non-country dwellers. It is high time this myth of the......
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