The Royal Dublin Society. By Terence De Vere White, (the
Kerryman, 21s.) IT is a little difficult to understand why this history, which adds little to what was already known of the RDS, should have been con- sidered necessary: and......
In This Very Interesting And Instructive Volume, Dr. Joan...
has turned aside from the study of art and ornament to give an excellent account of one of the greatest names in paper. Of very great interest is the account of the early years......
Country Life
By IAN NIALL IF anything ever happens to the woodpigeon there will be rejoicing among farmers and dis- may among the makers of shotguns and shot- gun cartridges, for the pigeon......
Bad Old Days
Like all good storytellers, E. knows that emotion and sentiment are great helps, and when he talks of his boyhood he is never a mere boy or a youth but 'a little lad.' It......
Time And Money
Could a teacher of elocution bear to listen to the patter of the auctioneer? It is a running brook, an urgent injunction that time is money, and the speeding minute leaves us to......
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NONO GOKALVES. With an Introduction by Reynaldo dos Santos. (Phaidon Press, 42s.) The majority of Phaidon books give us a better illustrated or less usual presentation of the......
A Hare About The House. By Cecil S. Webb. (hutchinson,
6s.) A HARE ABOUT THE House. By Cecil S. Webb. (Hutchinson, 6s.) A LEVERET is a creature singularly unamenable to house training—in fact probably only a pro- fessional could......
Lawns In Winter
We are, most of us, inclined to leave the lawn to itself in winter when it needs aerating and brushing, even although growth has stopped. Removing worm-casts and giving the turf......
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