The Girls Own Paper
The many aspects of a brook--The eye sees only that which it is capable of seeing--Individuality of brooks and their banks--The rippling "burnie" of the hills--The gently-flowing brooks of low-lying districts--Individualities even of such brooks--The fresh-water brooks of Oxfo...
Life-history of the water-rat--No science can stand alone--What is a water-rat?--The voles of the land and water--Their remarkable teeth--The rodents and their incisor teeth--Th...
5. Chapter 5When John Smith, as for reasons of his own he called himself, left Pierre, he pulled his hat well over his eyes and started off across the downs in the direction of Lewes. He kn...
3. Chapter 3In looking back on those days, I simply wonder at my own audacity. Am I really and truly the same Merle Fenton who rang at the bell at Prince's Gate and informed the astonished...
1. Chapter 1The many aspects of a brook--The eye sees only that which it is capable of seeing--Individuality of brooks and their banks--The rippling "burnie" of the hills--The gently-flowin...
4. Chapter 4_Assiette volante._--A small dish (holding no more than a plate) which is handed round the table without ever being placed on it. Things that must be eaten very hot are often se...