GLEANINGS IN NATURAL HISTORY. By Edward Jesse. Tenth Edition.

.# (1835) 1861 10th edition. Small 8vo (110 x 179mm). Ppviii,375. B/w decorated half-title, b/w illustrations of ancient trees. Green pebbled cloth, blind-ruled boards, spine titled in gilt.

.# A very varied collection of essays which however, nearly all follow the same purpose. The book contains one six-page section on angling, Maxims and Hints for an Angler. By A Bungler. This was contributed anonymously by a friend of Jesse's". One of the chief objects I had in view in writing the following pages, was to portray the character of animals and to endeavour to excite more kindly feelings towards them I have much pleasure in thinking that this object has in some degree been answered, and that many persons have been induced to turn their attention to those faculties in animals, which entitle them to a higher place in the scale of intellect than has usually been assigned to them. The numerous well-authenticated facts which have been brought forward of fidelity, sense, discrimination, courage, and perseverance, under peculiar and unusual circumstances, should induce every one to treat the animal creation with tenderness, and to mitigate those miseries and sufferings to which they are too much exposed. It has ever been my opinion that no time can be more advantageously, and at the same time more innocently employed, than that which is devoted to the study of Natural History". Chapters include: The study of nature; Order of Providence; Language of insects; Instinct and reason; Protection of animals; The lark; The rook; Birds; Fishes; Gratitude of animals; The farm yard; Love of animals for their young; Insects; Swans, pigeons and emus; The toad; Serpents; Birds' nests; Migration of birds; Plants and seeds; Parasitical plants; Wild fowl; Trees; Friendship of animals; The cuckoo; The fox; The heron and bittern; The mole; The bat; Links in the chain of nature; anecdotes of birds; Sagacity of dogs; Richmond Park; Instinct of animals; Birds; The swallow; Migration of wallows; Windsor; Ancient trees; The robin; The parrot; Nocturnal birds; The squirrel; Rats and ferrets; Rats; The silkworm; Birds; Wolves; The meadows in June; Wasps and bees; Economy of nature; The Ourang; Spring; Miscellaneous observations of Gilbert White; Economy of nature; Faculties of animals; Local attachment of animals; the fern owl; Economy of plants; Utility of sparrows - sagacity of rats; Habits of birds; The pleasures of spring; Insects; Instinct of animals; Miscellaneous observations; Blumenbach; Habits of fish; Migrations of animals; The eel; the deer and the hare; Fishing; Our village; Autumnal evenings.