Fifty Or Myriads ?
A query last week concerning Tennyson's correction of the seed- distribution passage in In Memoriam has been answered, but not perhaps completely. In reference to the line in......
What Are Socks ?
A ploughman, who had been called in to plough up a field for two new farmers, said on leaving that he had left a pair of socks under the hedge. Would they retrieve them against......
A Voice From Nigeria
Snt,—I have a very keen desire to have Pen Pals in your country, and I have consulted many of my friends, one of whom gave me your name and address as a well reputed publisher......
In My Garden A Deal Has Been Achieved Of Late
years in the production of dwarf varieties of plants. The dwarf Michaelmas Daisies, which can be used aI an edging, are now to be had in great variety of shade and are a real......
Gifts And Taxation
SIR,—If a man wishes to give a guinea to his vicar as an Easter offering he must put two pound notes into the plate. If a company or firm gives Do° to the local hospital, the......
Starling Statistics Two Letters Have Come To Me On The
subject of the population of starlings, one giving an ecstatic account of the manoeuvring of untold multitudes over a space of some twenty acres (in Nottinghamshire), the ether......
The Evangelical Church Of England Sir, —the Evangelical...
with headquarters at Pres- ton, Lancashire, is not in communion with the Protestant Evangelical Church of England—a newly created body—the Evangelical Church of India, or the......
Farewell Madras Sir,— Replying To Your Recent Remarks...
its work, and affiliation with other educational bodies in India and elsewhere, whose status was questioned by Janus—we write to state for the information of your readers and......
Country Life
IT is usually a surprise, though it happens often, to find other countries taking their lead from an English example, generally in some political or social reference. But it may......
Playing Fields And Allotments Sir, May I Draw The Notice
of your readers to a matter which is of grave concern to other schools besides the one of which I am head? In 1939 this school gave up its playing fields of about eight acres so......
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