BOOKS BY RICHARD JEFFERIES. 



Crown 8vo, luckram, 6. each; post 8vo, cloth limp, 2. 6d. each. 



NATURE NEAR LONDON. 



"From end to end, 'Nature near I-ondon* Is full of happy touches and pleasant 

 fancies, as well as of instruction." St. James't Gazette. 



" All pleasant alike, and all Instinct with that minutely artistic power of sketching 

 from nature iu the most careful detail which forms Mr. Jefferies' characteristic gift in 

 literary handicraft." Pall Mall Gazette. 



" Mr. Jefferies breaks new ground ; reads like a romance, so full of strange matter 

 is it. ... Good in itself, ami a book for everybody to read .and enjoy."- 



' 1 A very charming book." Tablet. 



'This book is In some respects the r 



[irodticcd ; a look which crams more observation into a single page than most people 



"This book is In some respects the most Interesting of any which Mr. Jefferies has 

 produced ; a book which crams more observation into a single ; 

 have been able to make iu all their lives." Saturday Review. 



THE LIFE OP THE FIELDS. 



" Mr. Jefferies presents us with another of those books which he seems able to pro- 

 duce at will, of which we can never tire so long as he does not repeat himself. Up to 

 the present there has been, so far as we can remember, no repetition, and there Is as yet 

 no sign of fatigue or of exhaustion. We owe to Mr. Jefferies many delightful hours, 

 but none more delightful than those spent In reading this dainty volume." Saturday 

 lieview. 



" We have here some of the most enjoyable specimens of his writing enjoyable both 

 on account of their variety of subject and their intrinsic merit. It Is almost impossible 

 to give any Idea of the pleasure to be derived from this volume." Derby Mercury. 



The charm that may be found in pure and admirably modulated prose could 

 scarcely find better example than In The Life of the Fields,' a number of delightful 

 essays by Mr. lUdwrd Jefferies." Society. 



THE OPEN AIR. 



" These delightful papers will be gratefully welcomed by all who love nature. . . . 

 In this volume Mr. JefTeries strikes many chords wilh a sure touch of sympathy 

 that vibrates in the memory." Daily Xewt. 



A collection of some of Mr. Jefferies' most delightful essays. The author's style 

 Das placed his books among onr modem classics, and there are few which will be read 

 with greater pleasure than the present volume." Science- Vossip. 



"In short papers of his own kind Mr. Jefferies lias no rival ; and we do not know 

 that in any essential point the present volume is inferior to 'The Gamekeeper at 

 Home' itself." Manchester Examiner. 



" The volume Is one of the most enjoyable Mr. Jefferies has produced, brimful of 

 suggestion and observation, and distinguished from beginning to end by the healthy 

 tone and stimulus its title Implies." Saturday Keoieio. 



"The book abounds in exquisite touches of description. It Is suffused with fancy 

 which never obscures the truth, and It is deeply sympathetic and liumana In far more 

 Hun the common sense It is a book to be read, and also to be prized and re-read." 

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THE EULOGY OF RICHARD JEFFERIES. 



By WALTER BESANT, author of " All Sorts and Conditions ol Men," etc. 



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