A Quiet Street
At daybreak the village street belongs to the prowling cats, the stray dog and all the birds that come boldly down to scavenge in the gutter. On my way to fish the other morning......
Country Life
IT surprises some people that with all the rain we have had the corn still ripens as it does. It ripens, bleaches and sheds its ears unless it can be cut. If the rain does not......
The Cormorant's Pose
Why does a cormorant pose like an emble- matic eagle or vulture between spells of diving for fish ? Before it sets its wings in the spread position it usually beats them to and......
The Usual Prize Was Offered For A Translation In Similar
form of the following sonnet by Jacques Grdvin: Nous disons que le Rois ne demandant que guerre, Qu'ils y prennent plaisir, et que nous ce pendant, Comme pauvres vassaux, en......
Pruning Ramblers
Rambler roses should be pruned immedi- ately after flowering. Cut out the old wood as near the ground as possible, thus re- ,,directing growth to the young shoots which will......
Spectator Competition No. 238 Set By Allan M. Laing...
are invited, for a prize of £5, to submit sets of three clerihews whosil rhymes are eye-rhymes and whose subjects are any writers, living or dead. For example) The late W. T.......
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