Vol. VI No. 1 - Modernist Magazines Project

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Some of the Contents of the current
COUNTRYMAN
VILLAGE BRIGHTENERS AND
WISER PEOPLE
A GREAT NATURALIST: W. H.
HUDSON—
1. Special Portrait
2. A Letter on a Girl's Reading
(Facsimile)
3. A Young Woman's Memories
HOW TO HAVE AN ACRE OF
FRUIT
CARTOON: VILLAGE VERACITIES
THE REAL RURAL CHILD
TALES WITH AND WITHOUT
MORALS
SIX YEARS' FARMING AND WHAT
IT HAS TAUGHT ME—II
MUST WE GIVE UP THE HOPE
OF HAVING MORE PEOPLE
ON THE LAND? Yes, by Four
Men of Science
LAWNS WITHOUT GRASS
RURAL AUTHORS—V
THE TREND OF AGRICULTURAL
THINKING
DEPLORABLE BEHAVIOUR OF
PROTECTED FARMERS: Two
American Cartoons
A COMPETITION FOR COUNTRY­
MEN AND COUNTRYWOMEN
WHAT A MARKET TOWN IS
READING
COMING CHANGES IN LOd\L
GOVERNMENT
COUNTRY BOOKS OF THE
QUARTER
HOW DOES FARMING REALLY
FARE>
AND MANY MORE ARTICLES & ILLUSTRA­
TIONS
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