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The Natural History of Selborne - Volume 2
Gilbert White
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The Reverend Gilbert White was the curate of the village of Selborne, a village in Hampshire, from 1784 to his death in 1793, living most of his life in the village. The book is in the form of a collection of letters to two friends, discussing the natural history of the areas that he knew, and natural history in general. White’s intense curiosity and his love for the world about him flow through his simple, straightforward style, and a gentle sense of humor colors many of his anecdotes.
The Reverend Gilbert White was the curate of the village of Selborne, a village in Hampshire, from 1784 to his death in 1793, living most of his life in the village. The book is in the form of a collection of letters to two friends, discussing the natural history of the areas that he knew, and natural history in general. White’s intense curiosity and his love for the world about him flow through his simple, straightforward style, and a gentle sense of humor colors many of his anecdotes.
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These hirundines are no songsters, but rather mute, making only a little harsh noise when a person approaches their nest. They seem not to be of a sociable turn, never with us congregating with their congeners in the autumn. Undoubtedly they breed a second time, like the house-martin and swallow; and withdraw about Michaelmas.
Though in some particular districts they may happen to abound, yet in the whole, in the south of England at least, is this much the rarest species. For there are few towns or large villages but what abound with house-martins; few churches, towers, or steeples, but what are haunted by some swifts; scarce a hamlet or single cottage-chimney that has not its swallow; while the bank-martins, scattered here and there, live a sequestered life among some abrupt sand-hills, and in the bank. . . Read More
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This is one of the great books on biology that changed the world. Reading this today gives a perspective on how far we have come from believing the swallows hibernated in the mud. The world is both better understood and more fascinating for the discoveries of men like White. His writing is based on
This book is a series of letters written by Gilbert White (1720-1793) about the natural world within his parish in England. As he got coach sick (I had never even considered that to be a thing before reading this), he didn’t leave home much and developed an in-depth interest in nature by his home. T
The Natural History of Selborne is one of those classics I’ve always meant to read and never have, till an enforced stretch of idleness has induced me to turn to long-deferred projects (The Vicar of Wakefield is next). Selborne is not far from a place I am writing about, so this book could be seen a
I don't know if I wasn't in the right mood/frame of mind for this book, but I found the constant listing of things a little tedious. It was like reading a version of "I went to market and I saw ......"
Whilst White's observational skills are clearly second to none, his "presenting minutiae as intere
Whether it was me or the book's author (who does seem to get more progressively into the swing of things, allowing his philosophical reflections greater rein as these letters accrue over the years betwixt 1769 and 1787), it took me an unusually long time to get into the rhythm with this one. As late