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The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2, by
by Henry Morley
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Title: The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2
Author: Gilbert White
Editor: Henry Morley
Release Date: March 29, 2007 [eBook #20934]
Language: English
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CASSELL'S NATIONAL LIBRARY.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE.
BY THE REV. GILBERT WHITE, A.M.
VOL. II.
CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE. 1887.
INTRODUCTION.
Gilbert White's home in the quiet Hampshire village of Selborne is an old family house that has grown by additions, and has roofs of nature's colouring, and creeping plants on walls that have not been driven by scarcity of ground to mount into the air. The house is larger, by a wing, now than when White lived in it. A little wooded park, that belongs to it, extends to a steep hill, "The Hanger," clothed with a hanging wood of beech. The Hanger and the slope of Nore Hill place the village in a pleasant shelter. A visit to Selborne can be made by a walk of a few miles from Alton on the South West