The Noble. Duke Of York "
able view I should, in effect, be charged with " special pleading " and of writing the book either " from good nature or the desire for novelty." I take this ai a reflection on......
"mbe Topettator," December 15, 1849 Ar The Liverpool...
Thursday sennight, Patrick M'Cafferay was charged with being found secreted on board an emigrant- ship, under suspicious circumstances. Mr. George Bennett, a gentleman employed......
Country Life
WHEN we see accounts of shiploads of mistletoe coming over to this country we may well wonder why this strange plant is common, say common, in France and, in general, rare in......
A Squirrel Country It Should Please Countrymen, Who In Many
'districts miss the brown squirrels that once were plentiful, to know that they still abound here and there. One favourite ground appears to be Sheffield ! Here is the pretty......
Schoolmasters' Wives
SIR.—It is depressing for the wife of a young schoolmaster to learn (tern your correspondent "U.H." that Mr. Lewis" reflects faithfully the require - ments and attitude of the......
Urban Trees The Continental—especially, I Think,...
trees by the side of roads is urged with force by a notable owner of trees in the county magazine for Hertfordshire. This idea and the more general subject of tree-planting in......
The Russian Sentry
SIR.—You applied the epithet " brutish " to the mind of the Russian sentry who recently shot an American sergeant in Berlin (Spectator of December 2nd, page 762t Is this quite......
In The Garden
In his standard, but occasillnally pugnacious, book on gardens, William Robinson seldom lost an opportunity of urging horticulturists to grow their trees and bushes from seed.......
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