The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne in the County of Southampton : To Which Are Added, the Naturalist's Calendar: Observations on Various Parts of Nature: And Poems

by Gilbert White

596 pages, Hardcover

Published May 15, 1982

About the author

Gilbert White was a "parson-naturalist", a pioneering English naturalist and ornithologist. More than any other writer, Gilbert White has shaped the relationship between man and nature. A hundred years before Darwin, White realised the crucial role of worms in the formation of soil and understood the significance of territory and song in birds. His precise, scrupulously honest and unaffectedly witty observations led him to interpret animals' behaviour in a unique manner. He is best known for his Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, and remained unmarried and a curate all his life.