PREFACE. 



THE PRESENT VOLUME is composed of a selection of 

 original articles on practical Natural History, which 

 have been contributed from time to time to various 

 periodicals, and are republished by the kind permis- 

 sion of the proprietors. 



From London Society are taken c A January Day 

 at Regent's Park,' < The Children of the New Forest,' 

 ' Turkey and Oysters,' and < Our River Harvests.' The 

 Home of a Naturalist ' is from the CornhiU Magazine, 

 and ' A Summer Walk through an English Lane ' 

 and ' The Repose of Nature ' are from the St. James's 

 Magazine. Five essays were written in the Dark 

 Blue, namely, A Sand Quarry in Winter,' ' Under the 

 Bark,' < Mrs. Coates's Bath,' < A Blackberry Bush in 

 Autumn, 5 and ' De Monstris.' The articles on the 



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