The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady: Edith Holden

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This souvenir of a bygone era serves not only as a calming touchstone, but a reminder that as long as we choose to see it, we are still surrounded by beauty and grace. As I warm my hands around a cup of coffee, a wren weaves through the branches of the potted Nordmann fir abandoned next to my chair. This beautifully packaged facsimile of Edith Holden’s original diary is filled with a naturalist’s masterful paintings and delightful observations chronicling the English countryside throughout 1906. Photograph: Ian Newell/Alamy View image in fullscreen ‘Jays are reclusive, woodland-dwellers and wary to visit gardens as small as mine. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.

L'accuratezza dei particolari colpisce sia per quanto riguarda le illustrazione che la parte descrittiva. Composed in a similar style to Country Diary with Edith Holden's thoughts, anecdotes and writings interspersed with poetry, she records in meticulous detail her personal observations of nature and wildlife through the seasons. The box is very sturdy, sure to stand the test of time, and the puzzles are made using a textured linen print paper which reduces the glare and provides a nice finish.So how have these idiosyncratic nature notes survived the changing fashions of publishing, and what do they tell us about the changes to our wildlife through two world wars and a revolution in the structure of the British countryside?

It is undoubtedly two diary-like form of Gilbert White's letters that helps them to hold their place as the great classic of country and Nature writing.Elsewhere, the thoughts of Dorothy Wordsworth and John Fowles rub shoulders with the words of Queen Victoria, Siegfried Sassoon and Roger Deakin. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions.