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The natural history of Selborne: and the naturalist's calendar

The natural history of Selborne: and the naturalist's calendar

White, Gilbert

Paperback

Literary CriticismGeologyBritish History

ISBN10: 9389247837
ISBN13: 9789389247831
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jun 29 2019
Pages: 496
Weight: 1.37
Height: 1.11 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Step into Selborne, and the hedgerows speak. In Gilbert White's epistolary nature letters from a Hampshire rural village, everyday rambles become a record of English countryside wildlife at its most intimate. Watch. Listen. Learn. Keep returning. Addressed to fellow naturalists, the correspondence captures curiosity in motion: a walk, a question, a careful re-check at dusk. The effect is an illustrated natural history rendered in language, where small details stand clear and memorable. From bird behaviour observations to weather, soils, plants and insects, White writes with the calm authority of a field naturalist reference and the charm that draws in birdwatching and nature lovers alike. First published in 18th century England, The Natural History of Selborne helped shape modern natural history writing and refined the art of patient observation for later generations. Alongside the letters sits The Naturalist's Calendar, a month-by-month seasonal phenology calendar of first blossoms, migrating flights and changing song. It is a portrait of place, seasons, and attention, rooted in Selborne yet recognisable everywhere even today. Read as a nature classic so often annotated in scholarship and conversation, it rewards slow reading and quick dipping: perfect beside a window, in a rucksack, or on the shelf of collectors who cherish the long lineage from White to Thoreau Walden readers, and other classic British naturalists. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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