University Awards

Sta,—" Lestrian " must not take me too seriously. I do not really expect the present " generous " Government fo. grant me £1,000 a year, or even £1, when they are this year......

H. G. Wells

SIR,—I am collecting material for the authorised life of H. G. Wells. I would be most grateful if anyone who has unpublished recollections of him, or who has any letters or......

What Should We Grow ?

An indirect controversy is proceeding among our more theoretic agriculturists on rival policies: should we try to be self-sufficient all round, so far as maybe, or so arrange......

Country Life

How much cleverer are wild birds than tame! Opposite the windows of a houseful of bird-observers hangs from an apple-bough a frequently replenished allowance of fat. It is......

Education In The Army

SIR,—I read with much interest the excellent article From School to Army by the headmaster of Tonbridge, in The Spectator of December 31st. There is one small point, however, on......

In The Garden

Modern garden experts begin to urge earlier and earlier sowings of both flowers and vegetables. We are advised to sow peas (whether for the flower or the fruit) in January, if......

A Vagrant Auk

In a charming narrow valley in North Devon, known to me as a nesting haunt of both raven and buzzard, there was picked up the other day the body of a little auk. The great auk......

Book-tokens

SIR,—Such a letter as that from your correspondent and the fact that you will print it are an indication that book-tokens have come to be regarded more in the nature of a public......

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Which 'pitt ?

SIR,—The reply to Mr. David Savory's question is " William Pitt the Elder in 1741 " as in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. But the O.D.Q. should have quoted from the D.N.B.:......