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The Rural Life of England

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Homesteading

The Rural Life of England

William Howitt and Thomas Bewick

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No nation loved its countryside like England, and William Howitt set out to prove it. This sweeping survey covers rural life top to bottom: the country gentleman's enviable lot, the life of the gentry, and the customs and pleasures of the land. A rich panorama of the English country world. Tour the whole of rural England in one volume.

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67 chapters

  1. 1THE RURAL LIFE OF ENGLAND.
  2. 2PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
  3. 3LIST OF EMBELLISHMENTS.
  4. 4CONTENTS.
  5. 5PART I. RURAL LIFE, PURSUITS, AND ADVANTAGES OF THE GENTRY OF ENGLAND.
  6. 6CHAPTER I. PRE-EMINENCE OF ENGLAND AS A PLACE OF COUNTRY RESIDENCE.
  7. 7CHAPTER II. ENVIABLE POSITION OF THE ENGLISH COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, AS REGARDS ALL THE PLEASURES AND ADVANTAGES OF LIFE.
  8. 8CHAPTER III. LIFE OF THE GENTRY IN THE COUNTRY.
  9. 9CHAPTER IV. THE ROUTINE OF COUNTRY SPORTS.
  10. 10A WORD WITH THE TOO SENSITIVE.
  11. 11CHAPTER V. SCIENTIFIC FARMING.
  12. 12CHAPTER VI. PLANTING.
  13. 13CHAPTER VII. GARDENS.
  14. 14CHAPTER VIII. COUNTRY EXCITEMENTS.
  15. 15PART II. LIFE OF THE AGRICULTURAL POPULATION.
  16. 16CHAPTER I. THE ENGLISH FARMER.
  17. 17CHAPTER II. THE ENGLISH FARMER, AS OPERATED UPON BY MODERN CAUSES AND THEORIES.
  18. 18CHAPTER III. FARM-SERVANTS.

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