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ADYEETISEMENT. 
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The advertisement to the 8vo Edition of Selborne, published in 
1802, edited by John White, the brother of the author, will best explain 
the manner in which the Calendar and Observations came to be printed. 
" The favourable reception with which the works on natural history of 
my late respected relation, the Rev. Gilbert White of Selborne, have 
been honoured by the persons best qualified to judge of their merit, 
has induced me to present them to the public in a collected and 
commodious form, free from the encumbrance of any extraneous 
matter. His largest work, entitled ' The Natural History of Selborne,' 
has probably been supposed by many to be formed upon a more local 
and confined plan than it really is. In fact, the greater part of the 
observations are applicable to all that portion of the island in which he 
resided, and were indeed made in various places. Almost the only 
matter absolutely local is the account of the antiquities of the village 
of Selborne ; and this seemed to stand so much apart, that, however 
well calculated to gratify the lovers of topographical studies, it was 
thought that its entire omission would be considered no loss to the 
work, considered as a publication on natural history. Its place is 
occupied by the ' Naturalists' Calendar, and Miscellaneous Observations.' 
which appeared in a separate volume since the author's decease, 
extracted from his papers by Dr. Aitkin. That gentleman has also 
made some farther selections from the papers, which are now all in my 
possession ; and has undertaken the revision and arrangement of the 
whole. A very valuable addition to the calendar and observations has 
been obtained from the kindness of William Markwick, Esq., F.L.S., 
well known as an accurate observer of nature, whose parallel calendar, 
kept in the county of Sussex, is given upon the opposite columns. 
" The Editor flatters himself that the publication in its present form 
will prove an acceptable addition to the library of the naturalist ; and 
will in particular, be useful in inspiring young persons, and those who 
pass their time in retirement, with a taste for the very pleasing branch 
of knowledge on which it treats. 
"Fleet Street, 1802." 
