Nature Near London

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The preface of Nature Near London, by Richard Jefferies, says it is usually supposed to be necessary to go far into the country to find wild birds and animals in sufficient numbers to be pleasantly studied. The preface's writer reports residing for awhile about twelve miles from town, where preconceived views on the subject were quite overthrown by the presence of as much bird-life as the writer had been accustomed to in distant fields and woods.

The book says "Green rushes line the way, and green dragon flies dart above them." The book discusses firs, saying "Under firs the ground is generally dry, too dry for decay" and that "No underwood or plants and little grass grows under them". A street of booths has the roundabouts, the swings and the rifle galleries.

About the author

Richard Jefferies

Richard Jefferies (1848-1887) was an English nature writer and novelist born on a Wiltshire farm at Coate. Celebrated for essays and books rooted in the countryside, among them The Story of My Heart and Bevis, he combined precise natural observation with mysticism before dying young of tuberculosis.