ADVERTISEMENT. 
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THE advertisement to the $vo Edition of Selborne, published in 
1802, edited by John White, the brother of the author, will best 
explain the manner in which the Calendar and Observations came 
to be printed. 
“The favourable reception with which the works on natural 
history of my late respected relation, the Rev. Gilbert White of 
Selborne, have been honoured by the persons best qualified to judge 
of their merit, has induced me to present them to the public in a 
collected and commodious form, free from the encumbrance of any 
extraneous matter. His largest work, entitled ‘The Natural 
History of Selborne,’ has probably been supposed by many to be 
formed upon a more local and confined plan than it really is. In 
fact, the greater part of the observations are applicable to all that 
portion of the island in which he resided, and were indeed made in 
various places. Almost the only matter absolutely local is the 
account of the antiquities of the village of Selborne; and this 
seemed to stand so much apart, that, however well calculated to 
gratify the lovers of topographical studies, it was thought that its 
entire omission would be considered no loss to the work, considered 
as a publication onnatural history. Its place is occupied by the 
‘ Naturalists’ Calendar, and Miscellaneous Observations,’ which 
appeared in a separate volume since the author’s decease, extracted 
from his papers by Dr. Aitkin. That gentleman has also made 
some farther selections from the papers, which are now all in my 
possession ; and has undertaken the revision and arrangement of the 
whole. A very valuable addition to the calendar and observations ° 
has been obtained from the kindness of William Markwick, Esq. 
F.L.S., well known as an accurate observer of nature, whose, 
parallel calendar, kept in the county of Sussex, is given upon the 
opposite columns. 
“The editor flatters himself that the publication in its present 
form will prove an acceptable addition to the library of the natural- 
ist ; and will in particular, be useful in inspiring young persons, and 
those who pass their time in retirement, with a taste for the very 
pleasing branch of knowledge on which it treats. 
6 J W. 
‘Freer STREET, 1802.” 
