28 OCTOBER 1911, page 17

Late Nesting.

170 THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECT.I.TOR."1 SIR,—I yesterday found in the wood here a wood-pigeon's neat with the bird sitting on two eggs. Is not this nearly a......

Plant Protection.

rro TEE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sus.,—We have already received the kind support and co-operation of the Press when putting forward a plea for plant protection. The first......

Books.

A DEFENCE OF THE SOUL.* THE reader of this remarkable book will not readily discover- its character from its title. The word "animism," borrowed. from Tylor's Primitive Culture,......

Poetry.

EDGEHILL. OCTOBER 23, 1642. " Queen Mary in the field," I hear That clarion ringing still, The Palgrave's war-cry keen and cleat At dusk below Edgehill. The mists of Autumn......

The Weeding-out Of Books.

[To THY EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Amongst Sir Walter Scott's letters there is a charmingly characteristic one to Lady Louisa Stuart on the weeding- out of books from the......

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