Anglo-saxon Or Celt
Sta,—As a native of Ulster, I can regard with some detachment Colonel Burne's plea in your last issue for the use of " Englishman " as " a loose but convenient generic term for......
Waste Paper •
Sra,—It is a crazy land, this Britain of ours. According to an expert opinion, no less than one-fifth of the entire paper-supply now goes to official forms. These descend on us......
April 17 In An Old Diary That I Read This
week, it was recorded that the first cuckoo was heard on April 17th. That happened to be the very date which has been most conspicuous in my annals (by the accident of a family......
Squirrels Versus Trees Many People Are Urging A More Serious
campaign against the grey squirrel, which, in spite of the organisation against it, continues to increase, even rapidly. I see that its enemies include the best and oldest of......
Country' Life Him In Detroit, That He Had Worked At
his tractor long before he thought of the " tin Lizzy," which, of course, was the foundation of his fame and fortune. He showed something like excitement when I gave him some......
Bogus Initials
Sm, —Mr. Abigail's defence of the use or misuse of F.Z.S. and F.R.G.S. is singularly unconvincing. An F.R.S. is not necessarily a great scien- tist, but he is certainly one who......
The Postal Tax
Sra,—So far, no answering letters have appeared against my plea for a reduction in the truly exorbitant fee—or tax—of 21d. for a letter instead, I have read in your issue of the......
In My Garden I See That One Garden Critic Warns
gardeners against a too rapid con- demnation of apparently dead bushes. The frost victims may be fewer than appearances suggest. You may say of certain shrubs, as of Kipling's......
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