Robert Lynd, the Irish essayist of the New Statesman, argues in the title piece that the less we know of birds and flowers the more delight they give us. Some two dozen short essays follow on the herring fleet, the betting man and the intellectual side of horse-racing, why we hate insects, cats, eggs at Easter, a juror in waiting, the three-halfpenny bit and the morals of beans.
Easy, humane essays to read one at a time. Download the free EPUB.