Wild Life in a Southern County

viii, 344, iv, [4] pp. "The front panel shows the interesting design of ever-smaller rectangles of black lines shrinking to outline the handsome small gilt picture of a rabbit bounding through a wild field. The spine shows black striping and gilt title and decoration of a squirrel."--JDBFamily, AbeBooks. "Immersed in the detail of this ancient landscape, its people and the habitats of its wildlife, what emerges from Jefferies’ dazzling prose is his sense of perpetual wonder and the deep affection he felt for his homeland, from the clatter of a milkmaid’s boots to a pike lying in ambush."