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THE SPORTSMAN'S LIBRARY: A YEAR WITH NATURE

... more extended area, in Wild life, at home and abroad. In the next three monthly chapters, there are in addi tion to the nature notes some novel and curious studies (illustrated) of the beaks, tails, talons, and feet .of different birds, many of them being ...

Our Bookshelf: RAMBLES IN ARCADIA

... through the country reacts on his reader, particularly one whose life is spent midst the turmoil of a city life. RIVIERA NATURE NOTES* This is the second edition of a book full of interest to all students and observers of nature. The anonymous author, ...

Published: Saturday 06 February 1904
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 1845 | Page: 22 | Tags: Photographs 

EXPLORING THE WILD PLACES OF THE WORLD

... nineteen adds a certain interest to the record, which is illustrated throughout with photographs taken en route. In African Nature Notes and Reminiscences Mr. F. C. Selous gathers together some very interesting records of his unique hunting and exploratory ...

Published: Saturday 27 June 1908
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 594 | Page: 16 | Tags: Photographs 

NATURE NOTES OF THE WEEK: Concerning Bees, Fowls, and Gardens

... NATURE NOTES OF THE WEEK The time of plenty has come for the bees when the cherry and apple blossoms open and flowers begin to be less scarce. For those who have space to spare it would be interesting to plan a garden specially for the welfare of these ...

Published: Saturday 31 May 1913
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 905 | Page: 14 | Tags: Photographs 

NATURE NOTES and OTHER ITEMS of the WEEK

... NATURE NOTES and OTHER ITEMS of the WEEK. Wild Life Pictured by the Camera Mr. Cherry Kearton, the well-known chronicler of animal life with the camera, has produced an interesting volume of nature notes with lens and pen. It is published by Hodder and ...

Published: Saturday 02 May 1914
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 719 | Page: 42 | Tags: Photographs 

THE GEMSBOK

... this antelone may be gathered from some words of the famous hunter. Mr. F. C. Selous. Writing in his last book. African Nature Notes, he says, There is yet another species (the gemsbok), whose praises have of late years been sung by few, the successful ...

THE REVIVAL OF FALCONRY: And Sport with the Peregrines

... THE REVIVAL OF FALCONRY Peregrines. Nature Notes bv A. R. Horwood. F.L.S. Our forefathers had a great respect for and loved the falcon and the hawk. To what degree of baseness have we fallen that we treat these fine birds, fit emblems of nobility, as ...

Published: Saturday 15 May 1920
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1750 | Page: 18 | Tags: Photographs 

The Passing Shows

... rather of a pantomime libretto at their best, they lend an air of artificiality to scenes which, if they do not strike a natural note, seem necessarily insincere and affected. Nevertheless, the play has great charm the charm of a piece that contains at ...

Published: Wednesday 23 November 1921
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1000 | Page: 28 | Tags: Photographs 

The NEWS LETTER: WEEK by WEEK

... unloosen, m Sussex a plum tree headed by burst white blossom, in every county pink almond blossoms. Already to parody the nature notes in the dailies -the willows droop green upon the pond already the bats are in my belfry. These are signs that spring has ...

Published: Saturday 13 March 1926
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 3536 | Page: 5 | Tags: Photographs 

THE LIGHTER SIDE OF LIFE: Condemnations in Ebury Street--The Funeral March of the Corsican Lobsters--A Dearth ..

... THE LIGHTER SIDE OF LIFE. Condemnations in Ebury Street The Funeral March of the Corsican Lobsters A Dearth of Funerals Nature Notes History and Ideals Mr. George Moore has been at it again. I do not mean that he has a ain been chiselling fine chapters ...

Published: Saturday 01 May 1926
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1940 | Page: 25 | Tags: Photographs 

A Cheshire Church In Peril: NATURE'S WAR ON RARE OLD BRITISH OAK

... beautiful rectory garden, the study of nature and antiquities, and the many activities which are reflected in his book of nature notes, In a Cheshire Garden. The committee of the reparation fund feel that nothing could better perpetuate his memory than ...

Published: Saturday 14 August 1926
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 475 | Page: 13 | Tags: Photographs 

A Cheshire Church In Peril: NATURE'S WAR ON RARE OLD BRITISH OAK

... beautiful rectory garden, the study of nature and antiquities, and the many activities which are reflected in his book of nature notes, In a Cheshire Garden. The committee of the reparation fund feel that nothing could better perpetuate his memory than ...

Published: Saturday 14 August 1926
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 475 | Page: 13 | Tags: Photographs