Description
| Product ID: | 9780140431124 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Natural History of Selborne |
| Authors: | Author: Gilbert White, Richard Mabey |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Subjects: | Literary essays, Literary essays, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Natural history |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A collection of Gilbert White's letters to the explorer and naturalist Daines Barrington and the eminent zoologist Thomas Pennant - White's intellectual lifelines from his country-village home. This title presents an evocation of the lives of the flora and fauna of eighteenth-century England. More than any other writer Gilbert White (1720-93) has shaped the relationship between man and nature. A hundred years before Darwin, White realised the crucial role of worms in the formation of soil and understood the significance of territory and song in birds. His precise, scrupulously honest and unaffectedly witty observations led him to interpret animals'' behaviour in a unique manner. This collection of his letters to the explorer and naturalist Daines Barrington and the eminent zoologist Thomas Pennant - White''s intellectual lifelines from his country-village home - are a beautifully written, detailed evocation of the lives of the flora and fauna of eighteenth-century England. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1977-05-26 |
