Rhythmic Lapses
SIR, —May I be allowed to supplement Sir William Beach Thomas's note on rhythmic lapses by quoting three unconscious hexameters in the Bible. They are: (1) " How art thou fallen......
Country Life
AFTER spending the day in the New Forest, which to my view is rather more lovely in winter than in summer, I turned into the Verderers' Court at Lyndhurst, which remains the......
An Avon Monster
It is the kind fashion of the day to save salmon from excessive labour ; but they are not always as grateful as they should be. In the West Highlands, for example, not only have......
In The Garden
It is necessary to work in the potager to appreciate fully the proverbial value of March dust. The primroses, the daffodils, the flowering prunuses (such as Pissardii), the......
Spade Work
The state of mind of the veteran who is difficilis querulus laudator temporis acti Se puero, is not to be admired ; but there is an occasional exception. An old labourer whom I......
The Limits Of Liberty
SIR, —In his article on Communism Mr. Brown asks " Must we in the name of liberty tolerate the activities of bodies bent on its destruction?" If we have any doubt as to the......
" Russia, Red Or White "
SIR, —In view of the criticism by your reviewer of my book of travel in Russia for being too friendly to the Soviets, you may be interested to know that I sent a copy to the......
The Scholarship Of Bishop Barnes
Sta,—In the last paragraph of A Spectator's Notebook in your issue of March 12th, Janus mentions that Bishop Barnes has incurred criticism as a back number in the matter of......
Another For Janus
SIR, —Whoever Janus may be in his journalistic capacity, no doctor will be disposed to thank him for his gratuitous piece of advice about " concen- trating on the basic salary."......
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