内容简介
Morethananyotherwriter,GilbertWhite(1720-93)hasshapedtherelationshipbetweenmanandnature.AhundredyearsbeforeDarwin,Whiterealisedthecrucialroleofwormsintheformationofsoilandunderstoodthesignificanceofterritoryandsonginbirds.Hisprecise,scrupulouslyhonestandunaffectedlywittyobservationsledhimtointerpretanimals'behaviourinauniquemanner.ThiscollectionofhisletterstotheexplorerandnaturalistDainesBarringtonandtheeminentzoologistThomasPennant-White'sintellectuallifelinesfromhiscountry-villagehome-areabeautifullywritten,detailedevocationofthelivesofthefloraandfaunaofeighteenth-centuryEngland.