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Thats why The Natural History of Selborne is such a beloved book.
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Within easy walking distance is Gilbert White's home at Selborne, which is treated under a separate heading (p. 70).
What to See in England Gordon Home 1923
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A correspondent who signs himself "Selborne" writes to inform us that about 9 A.M. last Thursday he noticed a pair of labourers building within a stone's-throw of Catford Bridge.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 2, 1919 Various
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From the beginning White's "Selborne" had remained his model for all books, Kathleen for all women.
The Danger Mark A. B. [Illustrator] Wenzell 1899
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Mr. Clement Reid, F.R.S., has added to the "Selborne" notes his own experiences of the best sites for dew ponds.
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While White's "Selborne," and the pictures of Bewick, and Thoreau's "Walden," and the
Authors and Friends Annie Fields 1874
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a book as White's "Selborne" has not empted some communist to such observations.
The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation Charles Nordhoff 1865
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Though the journals are not well known, The Natural History of Selborne has gone through many dozens of editions and has been a favorite of readers who love natureand good writingever since it was first published in 1789.
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I suspect the tortoise was found dead when spring returned to Selborne.
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"I observed a blue mist, smelling strongly of sulphur, hanging along our sloping woods, and seeming to indicate that thunder was at hand," writes Gilbert White, in The Natural History of Selborne 1788.
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