The Spectator Overseas.
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Trespassing Bees I Believe That There Is Some Hope That
the House of Lords will turn their distinguished attention to the beekeepers. It used to be firmly held—indeed still is—that if a beekeeper could keep his errant swarm in sight......
Cormorants
THE gulls like traders sally forth, Screaming of ships and food and earth. Like monks in their rock monastery The cormorants wait quietly. This at the world's end Rock their......
Art
THE summer show matinees have given way to the second house. The turns are very much the same, and many of them will prove familiar to the regular patron. If those which are now......
In The Garden Were There A Vote Among Rose-growers For,
say, the six best roses, would any sort be found on all the lists? Perhaps one. You must have a dark red ; and Etoile de Hollande maintains the lead, in scent and colour and......
Scythe - Bearers
The present harvesting is remarkable for the acreage that can only be reaped by scythe or sickle. Farmers have had trouble to find men capable of using the scythe ; and on one......
" The First " "the First" Was A Dies Non
in very many districts, partly owing to delayed harvesting, but more certainly to the absence of partridges. One ardent sportsman, who had been surveying his farms, said to me......
Country Life
AN ingenious explanation has been put forward for the scarcity of butterflies this summer. A letter to The Times points out that we have had two seasons remarkable for the......
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