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How to Enjoy Garden Flowers" is a vintage guide to the flowers that can be found in an English garden, exploring their history, popularity, identification, culture, and maintenance. Interwoven with interesting information, beautiful descriptions and even poetry, this guide constitutes a must-have green-fingered gardeners. Contents include: "The Herald Flowers", "Tulipomania", "Nosegays", "Old-Fashioned Favourites", "A Flower of To-Morrow", "Th...

Life of the Wayside and Woodland" is a vintage guide to 'woodcraft', the knowledge and understanding of woodland countryside and its animal inhabitants. It aims to present the reader with suggestions for the methods of studying nature as a whole, concentrating on where to find the varied woodland life that we can see, watch and enjoy. Highly recommended for nature lovers and keen naturalists. Thomas Coward (1867 - 1933) was an English ornithol...

The Life of Birds" is a vintage treatise on birds, exploring their natural history, life cycle, habits, enemies, conservation, and much more. Written in clear language and profusely illustrated, this comprehensive volume is ideal for anyone with an interest in learning more about our feathered friends, and it is not to be missed by bird waters and ornithologists. Contents include: "The Bird", "Courtship and Mating", "Making the Home", "The Egg...

The Countryman's Jewel" is novel by naturalist and nature writer Marcus Woodward. It follows the daily life of a country squire in sixteenth century England, offering an authentic and informative insight into traditional country life. This charming volume is highly recommended for nature lovers and those with an interest in English history. Contents include: "Sixteenth-Century Squire", "The Dutie of a Father of a Familie", "The Office of the F...

A Nature Puzzle Book" is a charming volume full of answers to some of nature's 'mysteries', including why birds sing, what actually happens in a bee-hive, and so on. Written by an experienced nature writer, this volume is highly recommended for those with a love of the great outdoors and the many animals that inhabit it. Contents include: "The Last Hour of the Red Squirrel", "The End of the Little Foxes", "Riddles of the Camp", "Why Do Birds S...

Adventures in Woodcraft" contains a fantastic collection of nature stories and studies by various authors. Written almost exclusively by people involved with the Girl Guide and Boy Scout Associations, this vintage book is highly recommended for lovers of nature writing and the Great Outdoors. Contents include: "The First Week", "The Most Wonderful Nest", "The Mistletoe-Thrush", "The Speckled Thrush", "A Pat for a Thrush", "Birds that like Comf...

This vintage book looks at the problems that are caused by various birds and, to a lesser extent, other animals in America. It explores the effects these animals have on other animals and plant life, including crops, orchards, gardens, farmland, etc., offering information on how these problems can be dealt with or avoided. This volume is highly recommended for American farmers and is not to be missed by those with an interest in ornithology. C...

A collection of poems, extracts, anecdotes and sketches on snow and the snowflake, originally published in 1863. Includes several beautifully illustrated plates exhibiting the geometrical forms of snow-crystals.

First published in 1923, this book deals with the various endangered and recently-extinct birds of contemporary Britain. "Rare, Vanishing and Lost British Birds" is profusely illustrated and contains interesting historical information, detailed descriptions, anecdotes, and other notable information relating to the birds treated. Highly recommended for those with an interest in ornithology. Contents include: "Pelican, Pelicanus Onocrotalus", "C...

Old Man of the Woods - Walks and Talks with Two Boys" is a novel by naturalist Marcus Woodward. Aimed at children, it revolves around two young boys and their conversation with an old woodsman who imparts information to them relating to nature and their surroundings. This charming little book would make for ideal bedtime reading children with an interest in nature. Contents include: "At the Shepherd's Bush", "The April Fool's Cuckoo", "On Prim...

How to Enjoy Birds" is a vintage guide to bird watching, focusing on where and how to find certain birds in England. Interwoven with interesting information, beautiful descriptions and even poetry, this guide constitutes a must-have for lovers of birdwatching and the English countryside. Contents include: "In Our Garden", "In The Deer Park", "In Our Village", "By Hedge-Row Elms", "In Shadiest Covert", "About the Cornerfields", "By Stream and L...

Angling Done Here! A Strictly Veracious History" is a novel by W. Carter Platts. The story is set in Yorkshire, England and centres around the interesting fishing experiences had by the various characters. This entertaining book is highly recommended for anglers and those with an interest in fishing in general. Contents include: "Rigging up the Tackle", "First Cast", "Second Cast", Third Cast", "Forth Cast", "Fifth Cast", "Sixth Cast", "Sevent...

This classic book offers the reader advice and instructions on how to best appreciate nature, the countryside, and walking in the Great Outdoors. It aims to enlighten the reader as to what to look out for and how to identify various things ranging from trees to wildlife and beyond. "Going About The Country - With Your Eyes Open" is highly recommended for nature lovers and is perfect for those looking for new ways to appreciate their natural su...

First published in 1939, this vintage book contains a charming travelogue of the author's experiences jogging around New England, north-eastern United States. An authentic glimpse into American life in the early twentieth century, "Jogging Around New England" is not to be missed by fans and collectors of vintage travel writing. Contents include: "On the Hurry of Americans", "A Dig at Dare-devils", "In Praise of Suburban Architecture", "A Littl...

Walking" is an essay by Henry David Thoreau based on a lecture originally delivered at the Concord Lyceum on April 23, 1851. Within it, Thoreau carefully explores the important relationship between nature and mankind. Thoreau considered it to be one of his best works, and repeatedly rewrote it during the 1850s. This volume will appeal to fans of Transcendental literature, and it would make for a wonderful addition to any collection. Henry Davi...

First published in 1921, "A Traveller in Little Things" is a charming travel narrative of the author's various rambles around the beautiful countryside of England. Highly recommended for all lovers of nature writing. William Henry Hudson (1841 - 1922) was an Argentinian naturalist, author, and ornithologist. He was one of the founding members of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, and is best known for his novel "Green Mansions" (19...

This early work by Edward Thomas was originally published in 1909 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Heart of England' is one of Thomas's works on the subject of nature. Philip Edward Thomas was born in Lambeth, London, England in 1878. His parents were Welsh migrants, and Thomas attended several schools, before ending up at St. Pauls. Thomas led a reclusive early life, and began writing as a teenager....

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

This book comprises a collection of essays written by Thomas De Quincey. Within them, he furnished some of the earliest, most authentic, and most enlightening accounts of the Lake Poets-a group of poets that included Robert Southey, William Wordsworth, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. "Recollections of the Lakes and the Lake Poets" is a fascinating read and is highly recommended for those with an interest in the Romantic movement. Contents include...

This antiquarian volume contains a collection of wonderful sketches and descriptions of the national parks of America. This text aims to show the beauty, grandeur, and all-embracing usefulness of these wild mountain forest reservations and parks. It aims to encourage people to come and enjoy them, and to get the parks into their hearts - so that their preservation and correct use might be ensured. The chapters of this book include: 'The Wild P...