23 FEBRUARY 1951, page 20

Country Life

THE face of nature is as constantly expressive as the human countenance. Sometimes, between our rich moments of attention to one or other item in the out-of-door world, we pause......

"the Gay Invalid"

SIR.—In brief: Mr. Daubeny, as impresario, supervised and controlled the choice of title, the expenditure and the casting of The Gay Invalid. I quarrelled violently with his......

Britain's Peace-aims

SIR — Your article, Britain's Peace-Aims, inspired by the Archdeacon of London's address, conforms to your usual high standard of clear- sightedness, and on the whole would......

In The Garden In Spite Of The Deluge, Aconites And

snowdrops are making a good show this year. The snowdrop is a flower that delights in two ways; first. as a symbol, secondly, in its detail, for it is perhaps the most......

..ebt Gopectator," Jebruarn 22nd 1 S3 1

THE BUDGET Its you continue the Income Tax unmodified, what do you give us for it? That is the question which Sir Charles Wood was expected to answer, but which he fails to......

The Record Of Dr. Clementis

SIR,—Whilst in agreement with Mr. 0. Pick about the deplorable part Dr. Clementis played in the Communist-led mutiny of Czech troops in Cheshire in 1941, I should like to add......

" Miss Julie"

S1R.—Lillian Browse implies that Miss Julie is an " Ibsen drama." Is Strindberg ever to get the credit for anything in this country?—Yours......

February Fill-dyke

I cannot recall a winter when the ground has been so thoroughly saturated. The most carefully drained lawns and meadows are now sodden, and even hill-top grassland is......