22 AUGUST 1891, page 14

Homes For Wild Birds.

Q TORKS," says Aldrovandus, " will only build their nests kl in free Republics; neither will they dwell in Thuringia, .for the reason that no tithes are paid there." But there......

Correspondence.

AN ENGLISH VILLAGE OF TO-DAY. AFTER twenty-two years' absence, I find myself in England, my native country, again. I am settled !,down in ber very heart, in a delightful corner......