. Bird lore . SELBORNE FROM THE HANGER A classic view looking down upon Gilbert Whites home, The Wakes. His church is in the middle distance and the oaks shown in a succeeding picture lie just beyond 2^irb=lLore A BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS Official Organ of The Audubon Societies. Vol. XXI July—August, 1919 No. 4 Nature and England By FRANK M. CHAPMAN With Photographs by the Author THE Red Cross mission which has claimed my service for the past eightmonths, brought me, this past May, to London. England was stillreturning from the war. The steamer on which
. Bird lore . SELBORNE FROM THE HANGER A classic view looking down upon Gilbert Whites home, The Wakes. His church is in the middle distance and the oaks shown in a succeeding picture lie just beyond 2^irb=lLore A BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS Official Organ of The Audubon Societies. Vol. XXI July—August, 1919 No. 4 Nature and England By FRANK M. CHAPMAN With Photographs by the Author THE Red Cross mission which has claimed my service for the past eightmonths, brought me, this past May, to London. England was stillreturning from the war. The steamer on which I crossed the Channelwas crowded with homeward-bound troops; men and women in uniform formeda large proportion of the street population. For years all their energy and prac-tically every activity of their nation had been directly or indirectly devotedtoward the winning of the conflict which threatened the freedom of theircountry. There had been no relaxation in the severity of the struggle; no restperiod between campaigns; the war had been one continuous battle. Now, forthe first May in five years, England was at peace and her people were free togratify their desire for recreation without fear of air-raid, or of submarinedisaster, and without anxiety for the safety of those at the front. With no thought what
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