31 MAY 1935, page 47

Simplicity

THE blue stain on the hedge's green Was flower and flower : Who were unhappy having seen ? But ask not why, within that hour, A joy had been Given not only to the eye. Those......

Behold The Hebrides

AN interesting aim for research would be to determine that precise quality in the West Highlands which inspires so much bad writing. It is not enough that the country is......

A Hundred Years - Ago The General Assembly Of The Church

of Scotland met on Thursday week. Dr. W. Thomson, of Perth, was chosen Moderator ; and his first act was to express to the King's Commissioner his delight at the proposal in his......

Scotland, Ancient And Modern

Colonsay and Oronsay in the Isles of Argyle. By John de - Vere Loder. (Oliver and Boyd.. 35s.) The Lordship of the Isles. By I. F. Grant. (The Moray Press. 21s.) OF these five......