May, 1893. 
CON T E N T S 
CLilSOPENe 
OcicTYS 
JlGH’ZiNC 
the abuse of advertising.. 
.. 8t 
By the Editor. 
gilbert white 
.. 83 
Bj’ Arthur Christopher Benson. 
THE HARVEST MOUSE 
■ • 83 
By Constance Garlick. 
WORK. FOR THE NATURALIST.. 
. . 86 
By the Rev. John Gerard. 
TWO BOOKS OF VERSE .. 
.. 83 
FIELD-PATH RAMBLES . 
.. 89 
By Antony Gepp. 
COMMONS AND OPEN SPACES.. 
.. 90 
By Archibald Clarke 
SELBORNIANA 
■ 92 
To Church Decorators. 
Easter Custom at Capri. 
A Merited Rebuke. 
A Selborne Lecture. 
The Egret Again. 
Thrushes and Drink. 
Lantern Slides. 
A Plea for the Hare. 
Domestication of Wood Pigeons. 
NATURAL HISTORY NOTES AND QUERIES 
Rooks in Kensington Gardens. 
Rooks at Hampstead. 
Toad infested with Larvae. 
Curious Behaviour of a Great Tit. 
Sagacity of a Sow. 
Spring Flowers at Bath. 
A Pet Lamb. , 
Hardiness of Canaries. 
OFFICIAL NOTICES 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS .. 
99 
100 
Xon5on : 
JOHN BALE & SONS, 
87-89, Great Titchfif.i.d Siref:!', W. 
City Agent : — 
J. I. BAXTER, 
29, Paternoster Squarf:, E.C. 
PRICE TWOPENCE. 
