Gathers selections from the letters, journals, and observations of the eighteenth-century English naturalist.

The Essential Gilbert White of Selborne

Science & Math

WHITE, Gilbert

Massingham, H. J.

Nature & Ecology

David R Godine Pub

H. J. Massingham (1888-1952) was renowned as a prolific writer on matters relating to the British countryside. In this volume, which was originally published in 1939, Massingham provides a rich and detailed description of traditional agricultural husbandry and the rural crafts inseparable from it. Written in consultation with various practitioners of these crafts, the text reveals a subtle interrelationship between man and nature based on centuries-old processes. Rather than taking a nostalgic approach to these processes, Massingham regards them as the sensible alternative to the 'scientific agriculture' of mechanised farming. Numerous illustrations are included alongside the descriptions of various crafts. This is a fascinating volume that will be of value to anyone with an interest in British agriculture, traditional crafts, and the history of land use.

Country Relics: An Account of Some Old Tools and Properties Once Belonging to English Craftsmen and Husbandmen Saved from Destruction and Now Described with their Users and their Stories

Business & Money

Economics

Cambridge University Press

Countless writers have been inspired by the beauty of birds - their colours, their easy flight, their lightness and softness, and the grace and whimsicality of their ways. Our literature, especially our poetry, is full of them. This annotated edition of Poems About Birds selects the very best from H. J. Massingham's original collection which was first published in 1922. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, pocket-sized classics with ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Spanning from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century, Poems About Birds captures the enticing lives of birds through the eyes of classic poets. From John Keats' 'Ode to a Nightingale' to Sylvia Lynd's 'The Return of the Goldfinches', and from Alfred Lord Tennyson's 'The Eagle' to William Wordsworth's 'To The Skylark', countless varieties of bird are celebrated here.

Poems About Birds

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Macmillan Collector’s Library

H. J. Massingham articulates his passionate and faith-based concern for the ecology of the English countryside in this early-20th-century masterpiece on environmental preservation With descriptions of a seemingly unstoppable tide of vandalism, this treatise calls on the Christian church to unite in countering the destruction of natural, domestic, and sacred landscapes. The historic conflict between Christianity and progress is analyzed, with special attention given to how irresponsible wealth and greed has destroyed the beauty and simplicity of the English countryside. This practical and spirited perspective on globalization provides inspiration and faith for independent farmers worldwide as they continue to struggle against globalization.

The Tree of Life

Jon Carpenter Publishing

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