A country parson and naturalist asks whether the English have lost their old love of spring, then sets out to rekindle it. Kingsley writes on the charm of birdsong, trout fishing on chalk streams, the drained Fens, his own winter garden, a journey across southern France from ocean to sea, and the coast of North Devon.
Warm, vivid nature essays by the author of The Water-Babies and Westward Ho. Download the free EPUB.