THE 



NATURAL HISTORY 



OF 



SELBORNE 



BY 



GILBERT WHITE 



Edited 'with Notes by 

 GRANT ALLEN 



Illustrated by 

 EDMUND H. NEW 



i, a\\' aya0i) Kovporpfyog- ovrt eywye 

 T He ycu'jje Suva/icu yXv/cepwrepov aXXo t^e<r0at. 



Homeri Odyss. 



Tota denique nostra ilia aspera, & raontuosa, & fidelis, & simplex, 

 & cultrix suorum regie. Cicero, Orat. pro Cn, Plancio. 



JOHN LANE 



The Bodley Head 



LONDON fcf NEW YORK 

 i 900 



