| Wild Life in a Southern County Contributor(s): Jefferies, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 1517535387 ISBN-13: 9781517535384 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $11.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2015 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.79 lbs) 266 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Excerpt from Wild Life in a Southern County There is a frontier line to civilization in this country yet, and not far outside its great centres we come quickly even now on the borderland of nature. Modem progress, except where it has exterminated them, has scarcely touched the habits of bird or animal; so almost up to the very houses of the metropolis the nightingale yearly returns to her former haunts. If we go a few hours' journey only, and then step just beyond the highway - where the steam ploughing engine has left the mark of its wide wheels on the dust - and glance into the hedgerow, the copse, or stream, there are nature's children as unrestrained in their wild, free life as they were in the veritable backwoods of primitive England. So, too, in some degree with the tillers of the soil: old manners and customs linger, and there seems an echo of the past in the breadth of their pronunciation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
