Country rambles in England (Registro nro. 118572)
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| control field | 20260610134814.0 |
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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 06018046 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QH |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Knapp, J. L. |
| Fuller form of name | (John Leonard), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1767-1845 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Country rambles in England |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2026 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
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| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
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| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Earlier published under title: The journal of a naturalist. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2026-02-03 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "Country rambles in England" by J. L. Knapp is a natural history journal written in the early 19th century. It offers attentive field observations from the English countryside—its landscapes, geology, plants, birds, insects, farm practices, and rural characters—told with reflective, companionable prose. Readers interested in Selborne‑style nature writing and the textures of everyday country life will find a gentle, learned tour rather than a story-driven work.<br/><br/>The opening of this work begins with an American editor’s introduction that pairs it with Selborne, locates the scene on the Severn in Gloucestershire, and explains its appeal—and contrasts—for American readers. Knapp then sets his village on a limestone ridge above the river, notes Roman roads and an encampment, and moves into the ground beneath: varied soils, abundant limestone (often of coral origin), lime‑burning and its uses, and minor minerals, including a striking kiln accident anecdote and thoughts on healthfulness in limestone districts. He sketches the local economy—lime, potatoes, teasels, winter stone‑breaking—celebrates an industrious cottager, and questions the practical value of chemical soil analysis. He describes pastures where certain grasses dominate by soil preference, a pragmatic method of saving hay and wheat in wet seasons, and then dwells on potatoes: how they are planted, rented, harvested, and eaten; their social benefit; and a brief history and varieties. He follows with teasel cultivation—its labor, volatility, and indispensable textile use—criticizes wasteful manure‑picking, and closes this initial stretch with a defense of natural history as a worthy study and a first look at a venerable local oak. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Introductory phrase | Originally published: |
| Publication, distribution, etc. of original | Buffalo: Phinney & Co., 1852 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Natural history -- Outdoor books |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Natural history -- England |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Cooper, Susan Fenimore, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1813-1894 |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://archive.org/details/countryramblesin00knapuoft">https://archive.org/details/countryramblesin00knapuoft</a> |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77852">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77852</a> |
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