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Leeds Mercury. 
“A very beautiful—indeed it may be fittingly described as a luxurious. book. It has, 
however, merit apart from mere fineness of paper and beauty of binding and gilding. It is an 
excellent example of what may be achieved by concentration and thoroughness. The drawings 
of British ferns are singularly perfect. They are not drawings in the ordinary sense. The 
chance of error, from which even the most completely-trained hand and eye are not free, is 
avoided by the employment of photography. Absolute truth of form is the result. Colour 
photography could not give. Chromo-lithography, however, has, with wonderful closeness, 
imitated the tones of nature. Any one at all familiar with the various delicate tones of green 
exhibited by ferns will readily admit this on turning over the plates of this charming volume. 
Manchester Examiner. 
“To men like Mr. Heath lovers of nature are greatly indebted ; for the author of ‘ The Fern 
World ’ is one of those useful writers, who, while recognizing the importance of science and 
the necessity of technical instruction, do not forget the multitude of non-scientific readers who 
are able to appreciate the wonders of the common things in nature whenever any one will take 
the trouble to point them out and explain them. . . . The book is charmingly illustrated, and 
the coloured plates are especially beautiful.” 
In Demy 8vo, cloth gilt, price js. 6 d. 
THE ENGLISH PEASANTRY. 
By Francis George Heath. 
The Quarterly Review , October, 1874. 
(Extract from the article “ East Anglia : its Strikes and Lock-outs 
“We have placed at the head of this article the names of three books, all of which con¬ 
tain information on the subject of this labour movement. Of these by far the most valuable 
is a book by Mr. Heath, entitled ‘ The English Peasantry.’ ” 
“ Mr. Heath’s book is interesting 
praise for it.” 
A thenceum. 
and well written, and the author is entitled to much 
Spectator. 
“ Very interesting and very important. 
SECOND EDITION. 
Price, in cloth, 3s. 6 d. 
THE “ ROMANCE ” OF PEASANT LIFE. 
By Francis George Heath. 
Spectator. 
“ Few questions can be either more important or more sad to an English mind allied to an 
English heart of only ordinary kind feeling, than the one of which the greater part of this 
little book treats.” 
Daily News. 
“ This little volume deserves commendation for its graceful and pleasant style, as a very 
valuable addition to, and help in, the farm-labourer controversy.” 
British Quarterly Review. 
“Mr Heath’s work is a useful contribution to the literature of a subject that is fast 
becoming one of the most prominent of our social problems.” 
John Bull. 
“ It is written with considerable power.” 
