A BOOK OF PROSE POETRY, 



FULL OF SUNSHINE AND GLADNESS, AND BREATHING OF 

 BEAUTY IN EVERY LINE, 



JUST PUBLISHED BY LONGMAN AND CO. 



In a neat Octavo Volume, Price Five Shillings, cloth, 



BRAMBLES 



AND 



BAY LEA YES; 



ESSAYS ON 



THE HOMELY AND THE BEAUTIFUL. 



BY SHIRLEY HIBBERD, 



Author of "Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste," etc., etc. 



Contexts: — Grass and other Green Things — Season of Buttercups — Season 

 of Brown Leaves — Memories of Mischief — The Soul in Nature — The Sparrow 

 — The Inner Life — The Land of Blackberries — The Soul of Song — Suggestions 

 of a Broomstick — The Poetry of Chemistry — Floral S3'rnbols — Fairy Rings — 

 The Love of Flowers — Floral Antiquities of the East; Summer Pictures — 

 Uses of Wild Plants — Progress of Discovery and Science — The Formation of 

 a Herbarium — Footsteps of the Seasons — Floral Customs, Superstitions, and 

 Histories. 



NOTICES OF THE PRESS. 



"Seldom haB it been our lot to feel our spirit attuned so much in unison 'with the expr 

 of natural feeling as with this. We can but admire the fervour and eloquent outpouring of 

 the glad spirit which is perceptible throughout tbese pages." — Clare Journal. 



"It abounds in the evidences of a refined taste, i . reading, study, and positive in- 



vestigation, all coloured 'and heightened by a vivid and poetical imagination. It is a book for 

 the fireside and the fields, and one we feci the warmest satisfaction in introducing and recom- 

 mending to our readers." — Weekly Dispatch. 



"To those who love a quiet country life, far removed from noise and turmoil, this collection 

 of essays, by one who is at once a student of nature, and a lover of the Beautiful, will prove 

 very acceptable. What a quaint essay is that picturing the past glories of our boyhood — 'The 

 Land of Blackberries.' Indeed the whole book is such, that every lady fond of a gentle and 

 not unlearned gossip about flowers and green things, and every gentleman who, seated by his 

 fireside, wishes to call up the leafy glory he has seen a-field, should buy it." — Field. 



"A genial and hearty book, full of healthy reading, which is more than oan be said uow-a- 

 days for most books that profess to deal with the Beautiful." — Athen 



"Inspired by a genial spirit." — I 



"Miscellaneous papers on topics conn. vegetation and the country, but branchin 



into rustic practices, ; itifio observation. The information and description 



please and fill the mind by recalling the original. — Spect 



' 1 Wq have in 'Brambles and Bay Leaves' an amount of information respecting 'green things' 

 which proves the author to be a man of deep research and extensive reading; and no one, 



te for the Beautiful, can peruse this clever work without truly 



vie in which Mr. Bibberd writes on truly poetical subjects." — Governess. 



LONDON: 

 LONGMAN, BROWN, AND CO., PATERNOSTER-ROW. 



