... birth. And chant May a roundelay! Sing, sing, O heart, unto the breath of spring; Sing, for all life is on tho wing. And Nature’s notes incessant sing, And Echo’s answers backward fling. merry May roundelay! Sing, spirits of the sky and sea, That hold tho ...

... his performance was heartily endorsed. Next to himl distinctly came Miss Prmma Sheridan, who, as the Baroness, struck a natural note, which was much needed, and acted ith a power which the audience was swift to recognise. Miss Miss Maud White as au excep- ...

... dreary volumes, but though the plot be never so poor, through them all, showing here and there, runs the beautiful stream of nature notes, like a golden thread in a cotton garment, sparkling and flashing all the more brilliantly for the contrast of the poor ...

... beautiful Cornish chongh. There is but one effectual remedy for all this, according to that admirable little “publication, Nature Notes. It lies in the diligent cultivation and inculeation of those ¢ Selbornian principles ’’ to which this organ of the disciples ...

... = chill •- • • • • • . . •-- C Ii i d cbil 1 The Names of Girds!' Plants. The Rev. l'ercy 8.A., Ph S. (editor is Nature Notes), lecturing on The Nausea of Gar. den Plant.s, stated that in the ease of many plants the popular were entirely deceptive ...

... business not only essential, as it is. but all-important, as it is not. The Rev. Percy Myles, 13. A., F.L.S. (editor of . - Nature Notes), lecturing on The Names of Gar. den Plants, stated that in the case of many plantr the popular names were entirely ...

... NATURE NOTES: THE CDCKOO AND SWALLOWS. Mr. James Hiam, The Wren’s Nest, Astwood Bank, writes to a Birmingham contemporary, of Tuesday last, as follows : I happen to know that some of your readers take an interest in natural history, especially in birds ...

... opportunity occurs. The kingfisher has suffered from three wasting causes, fiyfishing, famine, and finery, observes a writer in Nature Notes. As to the first, a curious Nemesis befalls him. As he has caught fish in his life, his dead feathers, made into artificial ...

... article on Grieg and Ibsen.-The M11idland ?? con- tains' an article on Animal Pedigrees, by Dr. A . Mimnes Marshall.-In Nature Notes, the Selborne Society's Magazine, Bishop Mitchenson continues his notes on the distribution of rare plants in Britain.- ...

... pay off all liabilities and leave a surplus of £66. A vote of thanks was gratefully accorded to Mr. Fisher. Writing to Nature Notes, from Berkswell, Mr. Alfred N. Hopkins fears that the Wild Birds' Preservation Acts have not done much good in that district ...

... the chairman Mr J B Goodman which had been painted by Mr Ouless in pursuance of resolution the shareholders Writing to Nature Notes from Berkswell Mr Alfred N Hopkins fears the Wild Birds* Preservation have not done much good in that district where the ...

... Colman's residence has been further increased by the arrival of Mr. Herbert Gladstone, M.P., and Henry Gladstone. Writing to Nature Note., from Berkswell, Warwickshire, Mr. Alfred N. Hopkins fears that the Wild girds' Preservation Acts have not dens much good ...