Irish cottages, the pleasures of walking in autumnal woods, a hens' hatching house and a country garden: these are just some of the elements in this varied patchwork quilt of views of rural life from Alice Taylor, Ireland's favourite storyteller.
Within this volume are found tips on pipe-smoking for discerning males, advice on gun dogs, rules about how to lay on the best shooting lunches (usually involving long trips to Fortnum and Mason's), detailed musings on tweed coats and caps, ...
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'Not a cosy series of reminiscences but a slice of bygone reality. This delightful collection of country curiosities shows rural life in the raw a hundred or more years ago. Hugely enjoyable, a real eye-opener and surprisingly useful!
*A new updated and expanded second edition of A Black Country Miscellany is now available* Through a series of thoroughly referenced snapshots in time Andrew Homer explores specific aspects of the Black Country and its surrounding area ...
Miscellany is a conglomeration of beautiful sites across the country. From Las Vegas, to New York see the miscellaneous areas of some exquisite sites of the United States.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
The Best of Bits & Pieces: A Miscellany of North Country Humour
A celebration of New Zealand's special wild places by its finest poet. Brian Turner is one of this country's best known and best - loved poets and also one of its most determined conservationists.
Open this book anywhere and you’ll find yourself instantly captivated.
The Indian Miscellany: Containing Papers on the History, Antiquities, Arts, Languages, Religions, Traditions and Superstitions of the American Aborigines; with...