CONTENTS 



CH.\nER FAGH 



I. THE COUNTRY OF RICHARD JKFFERIES - - I 



II. ANCESTRY - - - - - ' ^3 



III. CHILDHOOD AT COATE FARM - - "34 



IV. YOUTH AND EARLY MANHOOD - - -5° 



V. EARLY MANHOOD {conthiued) - - - 8o 



VI. FIRST NOVELS - - - - '9^ 



VII. FIRST COUNTRY ESSAYS - - - - 107 



VIII. IN LONDON AND THE SUBURBS - - - III 



IX. FIRST COUNTRY BOOKS - - " I23 



X. 'NATURE NEAR LONDON ' - - - - 150 



XL 'WOOD MAGIC ' AND * BEVIS ' - - " 156 



XII. ILLNESS - - - - - - 170 



XIII. 'the STORY OF MY HEART'- - - "177 



XIV. 'the LIFE OF THE FIELDS' AND 'THE OPEN AIR ' - 209 

 XV. 'THE DEWY MORN ' - - - - . - 224 



XVL 'after LONDON' - - - - -254 



XVII. 'AMARYLLIS AT THE FAIR* - - - - 263 



XVIII. ' FIELD AND HEDGEROW ' AND OTHER ESSAYS - 29O 



XIX. RECAPITULATION - - - - "3^7 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 

 INDEX 



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