A century before Charles Darwin, decades before the French Revolution, Gilbert White began his lifelong habit of measuring and observing the world around his Hampshire home.
A collection of Gilbert White's letters to the explorer and naturalist Daines Barrington and the eminent zoologist Thomas Pennant - White's intellectual lifelines from his... Læs mere
First published in 1789, this is a study of the flora and fauna of the parish of Selborne in Hampshire. This volume also includes the author's correspondence with the two distinguished naturalists, Thomas Penant and the Honourable Daines Barrington.
The Natural History of Selborne (1789) is written as a series of letters, which describe with wit and precision the flora and fauna White observes in his Hampshire... Læs mere
White's Natural History and Antiquities (1789) consists of a series of letters written to Daines Barrington and Thomas... Læs mere
This 1795 publication, edited by the physician John Aikin (1747–1822), gathers together observations on flora and fauna... Læs mere