29 MAY 1941, page 16

Adding Insult To Injury Sir, If " Janus " Is

interested in mis-shapen and ill-constructed omnibus words, may I draw his attention to the fact that in official Ministry of Health circulars, air-raid casualties who have to......

" I Am Told "

SIR,—The perversions a simple statement of fact can undergo by the time it reaches the " I am told " stage pass belief. Here is a sentence from a letter addressed to the British......

Organisation And Prices

Clearly herb-collecting is a case for communal organisation. Women's Institute branches are obviously just the thing; schools under efficient guidance, could do a great deal.......

The Meaning Of Rationalism Sir,—if Not Too Late, May I

comment on some remarks in " A Spec- tator's Notebook " in your May 2nd issue? They occurred in a review of The Rationalist Annual for 1941, your contributor drawing attention......

Warnings And Advice One Of The Results Of This Expert

interest is a booklet. It is im- possible to think of any potential herb-collector getting along five minutes without it and I should recommend any interested reader to send for......

Country Life

Herb -Collecting When I first introduced the subject of medicinal-herb collecting last year, quoting what seemed to be the fantastic prices which the wholesalers were then......

In The Garden Since Herb-collecting Is So Important (it...

be remembered that almost the entire source of pre-war supply from the European Continent has long since been cut off) it seems worth while examin- ing the possibilities of......

Have Been Looking For A Reply To Dr. A. V.

Hill's letter in your issue of April 25th, and hope it is not too late for me to point out that while it is true that every consistent anti-vivisectionist must oppose medical......