... Aunt Dacic, Major Birt, Mlazie Birt, Lucelle McGregor, Dumphie McGregor, and the Rev. Louis Draycott were as plentiful as blackberries amongst us. These are the leading characters in Louis Draycott: the Story of his Life, by Mrs. Laffan (Chapman and Hall) ...

... you that dried fruit, as used in tlhs country, is ex:ellent for winter use. Peaches, plums, apr.- cots, raspberries, and blackberries can all be either sun- dried or placed In a slow oven to dry, then put away in boxes or canisters until required. WNrhen ...

... They are what is called blobby in methcd, but are very rich and decorative in treatment. Mr. Matthew Hale's Gathering Blackberries is good, and Mr. Napier Fleemy's work should be seen, as also should a very good study of a dark hillside, by Mr. C. ...

... parcel is from Mrs. Searle and Viollette, and contains blackberry jelly I Plesan eperene i te psthad enabled me to ~-uascoretly ad ad m fiedshave muchen loye th deicius cnfetio. Hw the blackberries weregatere an muc moe areebleinformation 5 wil beglenedfrm ...

... fringed ,.itl, tall poplar-trees, .which give a certain air of ,Itiilfllss to the place. Outside are the country Iis with the blackberries bi-ginning to ripen in the Ireriges, arid the white convolvulus turning hcr fair ?? Ie p to the light. To the left is the ...

... touches has he drawn for us- d the schoolhouse by the road A ragged beggar sunning; Around it still the sunoachs grow -d And blackberry vines are running. s- The face where pride and shame were mingled, . fancy pictures as the poet's own. We may not - know ...

... chronicler as by perverse beauty that oannot be catalogued. The nearest oolour to it that I can think of after much so- study is blackberry juice just slightly softened and ian tinted with a little cream. It is an adorable tint, un- Ins like anything we have had ...

... for a million or so, especially on heavy settling days, would seem to be a matter of course, if not quite as plentiful as blackberries. A few years ago the Manchester Ship Canal Company, when buying out the Bridgewater Trustees, drew One cheque for- a million ...

... has ho drawn for ol us- . - the shoolhouse by the road A A ragged beggar sunning; is Around it still the suacbs grow l And blackberry vines are running. , e The faee where pride and shame were an igled, fancy pictures as the poet's Own. Ui e We may not ...

... bearing on fruit as food, and on bottling Bntish fruit, to all sending a stamped and addressed wrapper, Oar abundant crop of blackberries makes the present a very suitable time to test the merits of the suggestions therein afforded. Woodlands, Vauburgh Hill ...

... picturesi Topsy or the Parish D ctor, or describes a Mop or Statty, when be leads us to the hayfield or to the blackberry harvest, introduces us to the village barber or to the public-house dog. The sketches were well worth collecting and re ...

... they ran source, though I have met with that form; but as Thomsons and: Thompsons, Toinsons, and Tompsous they abound like blackberries. Had it not been for Tom, in fact, the seasons might still have gone unsung: electricity would lack some of the brightest ...