| A Third Pot-Pourri Contributor(s): Earle, Maria Theresa (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108076688 ISBN-13: 9781108076685 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $47.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Social History - Gardening |
| Dewey: 635.04 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture |
| Physical Information: 1.03" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.28 lbs) 462 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mrs C. W. Earle (1836-1925) was born into the minor aristocracy as Maria Theresa Villiers. After training as an artist, she married Captain C. W. Earle, who inherited family property which enabled a comfortable lifestyle with a town house in London and a small property with a large garden in Surrey. Earle's designs for her garden were much admired by her artistic and literary circle, and she was encouraged to write down her gardening advice. In 1903 she published this work, the third in a very successful series of writings about gardening, cookery, travel and art, but the emphasis in this book is very much on the importance of diet to health, though there are plenty of other topics. The final section of the book contains the last letters home of Mrs Earle's son Sydney, a captain in the Coldstream Guards, who was killed late in 1899 during the Boer War. |