18 MAY 1929, page 11

Correspondence

A LETTER FROM MELBOURNE. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—Australia, having had a fairly good season for its two principal exports, wool and wheat, regards the prospects......

The Country House Smell

P ERHAPS you must have a town-bred nose to get it—this country house smell. In any case you only seem to sense it perfectly on the day of arrival at a country house. Pierre Loti......

The Trees Of England

O UR trees are the g lory of En g land. The ori g inal forests have mainly disappeared, thou g h some remain, as Eppin g , where the most arrant Cockney may learn the beauty of......