This fabulous collection contains: Curious Observations - 'A wonderful reminder of our traditions, our country customs, that it is now, more than ever, important to guard' Julian Fellowes The Glory of the Garden - 'If you can resist reading these pieces then you are not the sort of person I hope to find myself sitting next to at the dinner table' Alan Titchmarsh Gentlemen's Pursuits - Tips on pipe-smoking, advice on gun dogs and the last word in how to cut a dash - everything the perfect gentleman needs. Letters to the Editor - A 'best of' selection from the thousands of letters Country Life has published in its past. A compelling compendium of the humorous, the splenetic, the joyous and the just plain odd.