Absent Vines—
Among the fruits that have ripened peculiarly well this year are grapes, and their excellence suggests the query why the vine has fallen from popularity. There is plenty of......
E Tenebris I Tuned In To A Symphony
from a conquered country. They were conquered too, those violins, and the wind in the reed was the wind of desolation –out of the dark I heard the music come— and the air in the......
Country Life
An Autumn Legacy If anyone should wish to leave to a friend a sort of legacy he might perhaps do worse than give reasons for feeling that autumn days are the most cheerful as......
— And Wines
What a large number of local wines, so to call them, have disappeared from the cottages and farm-houses! One of the most popular was a drink made of the Yarrow, or Milfoil, a......
The Cinema
R a ngers of Fortune at the Plaza appears to be a sophisticated T ans:a:ion of William Wyler's famous early sound-film, Hell's. fkroes. Whereas the latter dealt with the efforts......
Important Notice Readers Are Again Reminded Of The...
ordering The Spectator " regularly, since newsagents :an no longer be supplied on sale-or-return terms.......