Ilartirnlar^ 



LOT U 



THE SELBORNE ESTATE 



Is now associated with the History of England, and the interest excited by this Sale will necessarily bo 



materially increased in public estimation by a delightful renoiniscence, that it was within the hallowed 



walls of the rroperty under consideration that 



THE REV. GILBERT WHITE, 



THE CELEBRATED NATURAL HISTORIAN. 



Achieved all his fame, thus giving an eclat to 



That hath, for many a long year, placed it high in favourable opinion. Miss Mitford, in her delightful 

 " Village," must have had Selborne throughout in her mind's eye, and the composer of the feeble attempt 

 that is to follow, is not insensible to his inadequacy to do it justice. It is not intended to go at length 

 into the history of a Village which owes so much of its fair fame to the talented Gentleman under review. 

 It would fill a folio volume only to extract the varied panegyrics so justly paid to his great literary re- 

 search. His first edition of '' The Natural History and 



ANTIQUITIES OF SELBORNE" 



Is a work destined, from the great simplicity of its style, the calm benevolence of its spirit, and the close 

 observation evinced in every page, to be the most popular of any publication that has followed or pre- 

 ceded it. There is a worthy divine who has located in our delightful Village for many a long year (the 

 Rev. W. Cobbold). The Purchaser of this famed Property will find in him an invaluable Neighbour. 



The Property includes, first, the Abode of the gifted person already alluded to. The Residence, in itself, 

 has very little pretensions to the honour thus awarded to it ; but the situation is so indescribably beauti- 

 ful, that it will not be doubted a successor will soon create anew, by tact and judgment, all its acquire- 

 ments in the olden times. It is in the centre of the Village, and most unpretending in its outward 

 character. It is to the scene of loveliness in the rear that especial attention is directed — there is 

 a delightful little Park, beautifully studded with Timber, grouped in the most picturesque ibrni. 

 A Hanging Wood, of superlative beauty, is in direct communication with the Park. The ascent 

 is of fearful height, but there are easy paths to enable even a timid adventurer to ascend without 

 difficulty ; and, when the task is accomplished, the splendid Panorama from above will compensate ten- 

 fold for the labour that has been induced. 



" See Selborne spreads her boldest beauties round, 

 The varied valley, and the mountain ground. 

 Wildly majestic." 



THE HANGING WOODS, 



Which approximate upon the Park, form from this summit one of the most incomparable views that 

 England, all over, can produce — the Panorama is one of extraordinary beauty, variety, and extent, over- 

 looking Farnham and Guildford to the Hogsback. 



The Purchaser of this Lot will be entitled to all the Fixtures belonging to the Vendors (except the Stone Pedestal in 

 the garden, and the Book-case in the Dining-room of the ancient family abode). 



The Purchaser of this Lot will also be entitled to the customary allowance of Cord Wood and Faggots, from Selborne 

 Hill, and which has usually consisted of four Cords and a half of Wood, and four hundred and a half of Fagxots, annu- 

 ally; and also to such customary right as the Vendors possess to turn out Sheep and Beasts on Selborne Common, in 

 respect of Twelve Common Rights. 



EXTRACT FROM THE "PARTICULARS OF SALE OF THE SELBORNE ESTATE," 



JULY 25, 1840 



[To face p. 282, Vol, 11. 



