XX PREFACE. 



retained in the present. The documents connected 

 with the Priory of Selborne which formed the 

 appendix to the "Antiquities/ 5 and which were 

 omitted in the last edition, have now been replaced 

 in the form of notes on the passages to which they 

 severally refer, with the single exception of the 

 "Visitatio Notabilis," a document of very great 

 length, the partial abstract of which given by our 

 author is now completed, the additions being 

 included within brackets. A few other additions 

 to the "Antiquities" have also been introduced 

 in the text, and are distinguished in the same 

 manner. 



No portion of the original text has been omitted, 

 and all the additions to the " Observations" which 

 have been made in the several editions have been 

 retained. The present volume consequently con- 

 tains the entire published works of Gilbert White, 

 with the exception of some farther selections from 

 his Journals, which have been lately given in the 

 second series of Mr. Jesse's " Gleanings in Natural 

 History." It is closed by a much more copious 

 index than had previously been subjoined, founded 

 on the basis of that appended to the original edi- 

 tion, but with very numerous additions. 



Extensive additions have also been made to the 

 illustrations. The views of local scenery intro- 

 duced into the last edition have been carefully 

 compared by Mr. Harvey with their originals in 

 nature ; and others have been added by him from 

 sketches made during his visit. He has given 

 numerous figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, 

 and other objects of interest, mentioned in the 



