A century of nature stories. Hutchinson 1937

A century of 1024 pagine Testo in lingua inglese Dedica nella prima pagina dopo la copertina With an introduction by J.W. Robertson Scott ( Editor of The Countryman) Contents Sir William Beach Thomas - The happy village William Henry Wright - The story of Ben H.M. Tomlinson - A brown owl Charles Darwin - Northern Chile and Peru Ernest Thompson Seton - Little Warehorse P. Kingsford Venner - The perfect lovers T.H. White - Fishing John Brown - Rab and his friends J. C. Tregarthen - The white badger of cairn Kenidzhek H.W. Bates - Voyage up the Tapajos H.J. Massingham - The Christmas tree Eric Parker - The wood H. Mortimer Batten - The thieves F. Dudley Hoys - King dron Julian Huxley - Memorable incidents with birds R. L. Haig-Brown - A life R.M. Lockley - Bird of Odin B.F. Jearey - A single-headed fight with a lion Richard Jefferies - The pageant of summer Llewelyn Powys - Portland Henry Williamson - Stumberleap Gilbert White - Letters to Thomas Pennant, Esq. Alfred Ollivant - The shepherd’s trophy R.M. Lockley - Homing experiments with sea-birds C.G.D. Roberts - Quills the indifferent Paul Annixter - Timberline H. Mortimer Batten - The war hero Dorothy Cottrell - A uncommon stupid dog W.H. Hudson - Rural rides Charles Dudley Warner - A-hunting of the deer James Turle - Wiltshire Humphrey Jordan - Bumblefoot H.M. Tomlinson - The dunes H.A. Manhood - The lake of the red trout Richard Jefferies - The farmhouse Hilaire Belloc - The mowing of a field Sigfried Sassoon - The colonel’s cup A.G. Street - The latest riding modes; Samuel Goodridge George Borrow - The devil’s bridge Frances Pitt - The creatures of the night Mayne Reid - The battle of the marten and the porcupine Anna Sewell - Black beauty