Excerpt from Papers, Letters and Journals of William Pearson: Edited by His WidowMr. Thomas Gough of Kendal, my Husband's dear and esteemed friend, in whose love of the animal creation he largely participated, and who as a genuine field-naturalist, and a devoted scientific observer, is well qualified to judge of the worth of the letters on subjects of Natural on me the desirability of publish ing them. He pronounced them to be well worthy of publication for their beautiful, simple style, and added, that they rank with those of Gilbert White, which cannot be said of any others since his day.The Rev. Robert Perceval Graves, of Dove-nest near Ambleside, another friend greatly endeared to my Husband, through many years of delightful intercourse, by similarity of literary tastes, - and more, much more, by congenial sentiments and aspirations - expressed to me soon afterwards, the same wish. He thought it would be matter of regret and loss, were compositions so marked by a rare simplicity and beauty of style, to be allowed to fade away at once into oblivion and he also suggested that a brief Memoir should accompany them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.