A Naturalist's Calendar
With Observations in Various Branches of Natural History

This 1795 publication gathers together a renowned British naturalist's observations on flora and fauna through the four seasons.

Gilbert White (Author), John Aikin (Edited by)

9781108076555, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 21 August 2014

186 pages, 1 colour illus.
21.6 x 14 x 1.1 cm, 0.24 kg

The naturalist Gilbert White (1720–93) was known for his meticulous observations of flora and fauna in their natural environment, primarily around his village of Selborne in Hampshire. This posthumous 1795 publication, edited by the physician and writer John Aikin (1747–1822), comprises a collection of extracts from White's previously unpublished papers from 1768 to his death. Presented here for 'lovers of natural knowledge' is a full year of White's observations. Following the month-by-month record of natural events, the book contains brief studies of birds, quadrupeds, insects, plants and the weather. A lifelong lover of the outdoors, White had kept a near daily record of his activities for more than forty years. Regarded as one of the fathers of ecology, inspiring others to appreciate the natural world, White is best known for The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne (1789), which is also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection.

Preface
Naturalist's calendar
Observations on birds
Observations on quadrupeds
Observations on insects and vermes
Observations on vegetables
Meteorological observations
Summary of the weather.

Subject Areas: Popular science [PDZ]