INTRODUCTION 



year, on August 14, 1887, and was buried in the 

 neighbouring cemetery of Broadwater. 



In one of the transepts of Salisbury Cathedral is 

 a marble bust of Jefferies, placed there March 9, 

 1892, by his friends and admirers, and upon the 

 pedestal is graven this worthy tribute: 



To THE MEMORY OF RlCHARD JEFFERIES, 

 BORN AT COATE IN THE PARISH OF CHISELDEN AND 



COUNTY OF WILTS, 6TH NOVEMBER, 1848. 



DIED AT GORING IN THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX, 



i4TH AUGUST, 1887. 



WHO OBSERVING THE WORK OF ALMIGHTY GOD 



WITH A POET'S EYE, 



HAS ENRICHED THE LITERATURE OF HIS COUNTRY, 



AND WON FOR HIMSELF A PLACE AMONGST 



THOSE WHO HAVE MADE MEN 



HAPPIER AND WISER. 



All lovers of Nature who read these essays 

 cannot fail to catch a breath of a purer, finer atmos- 

 phere from this great soul who strove through all 

 to gain sustenance for thought, and life from the 

 mere contemplation and absorption of natural 

 beauty. To him an undiscovered country lay in 

 the world about our feet, an unknown magic dwelt 



