Gilbert White: Pioneer, Poet, and Stylist

340 pp. 8 1/2 x 5 3/4. CONTENTS: I. White: The Man; II. The Scope of White's Work; III. Zoological Anticipations; IV. Ecology; V. Vertebrate Animals (Exclusive of Birds); VI. Vertebrates: Birds; VII. Insects; VIII. Botany; IX. Geology; X. Meteorology; XI. Antiquities - Folklore - Customs - Social Economy; XII. Errors, and the Refutation of Errors; XIII. White's Prose Style; XIV. White's Poems; Index. "Gilbert White (18 July 1720 – 26 June 1793) was a pioneering naturalist and ornithologist."