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THE RURAL LIFE OF ENGLAND:
BY
WILLIAM HOWITT,
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AUTHOR OF "THE BOOK OF THE SEASONS," ETC.
LONGMAN, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS.
arvard College Library.
17 Nov. 1892,
CONTENTS.
VOLUME II.-PART I.
CHAPTER I.
Love of the Sublime and Beautiful in Nature more eminently
developed in Modern than in Classical Literature-The
Fact striking, that the Love of Nature is so conspicuous in
our Literature, more faint in that of the Continent, still
more in that of the Ancients-This Affection only developed
in proportion to the Intellectual Culture of our Nature-
The same objects pursued in Art as in Literature, the Sub-
lime and Beautiful-The Greek Poets more cognizant of
the Amenities than the Sublimity of Nature-Homer the
greatest Exception-Instances of his higher Perceptions-
Hesiod nearly destitute of it-Theocritus most alive to the
Picturesque-His Picture of the Two Fishermen, of King
Anycus, of a Drinking-cup-His luxurious sense of Out-
of-Door Enjoyment-Love of Nature amongst the Romans
-One Cause of the continuance of their Simplicity of Life
-Instanced in Virgil, Horace, and Cicero-Modern Litera-
ture a New World of Feeling and Sentiment-Difference
between Longinus and Burke-Love of Nature in the
Ancients, incidental - Ours a perpetual Affection - In-
stanced in Wordsworth, Shelley, and Byron-Originating
cause to be found in Christianity-Development of it in
the Hebrew Literature-Completion of it in the Christian
Revelation-Proofs of this
CHAPTER II.
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Development of the Love of the Country greater in English than in Continental Literature-Comparison of our Litera- ture, in various Departments, with the Continental-German
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Literature kindred to the English-The Idylls of Voss-
Testimony of a French Writer to our greater Love of
Nature-The Influence of the Writings of John Wilson in
Blackwood's Magazine, and of Bewick's Wood-cuts
CHAPTER III.
Influence of Wood-engraving on the Love of the Picturesque in
the Country-Introduction of Stereotyping Wood-cuts in
the Cheap Magazines-Probable Results from the Use of
the Art-In what respects Wood is superior to Copper or
Steel-Causes that prevent the Successors of Bewick equal-
ling him in Knowledge of Nature-How this Defect is to
be remedied
PART II.
THE FORESTS OF ENGLAND.
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The Forests of England-Our Forests amongst our most in-
teresting Objects-Scenery of England as we may suppose
it in the Feudal Ages, and as it is now-Charms with which
our Imaginations and Town Restraints have invested the
Feudal Times-Antiquity of our Forests-Derivation of
the name-New Forest created by the Conqueror; Sixty-
seven Forests previously existing-Various opinions respect-
ing the Origin of New Forest-The Ravages of William,
and the Death of his Two Sons and Grandson in it.-Num-
ber of Forests, Chases, and Parks formerly belonging to the
Crown Forest System an Imperium in Imperio-Its
Courts, Laws, and Officers Consequences of the few
Judges, and long Intervals between Trials-Severity of
both Laws and Oaths on the Officers-Freeholds granted
in Forests subject to the Forest Laws-Forest-boundaries
of a peculiar Description-Drifts of the Forest-Barbarous
Penalties for killing Deer decreed by the Norman Kings-
These softened by successive Monarchs-Preamble of the
Assise of the Forest of Edward I.-Law of Attachment of
Offenders in the Forest expressed in an old Rhyme-
Lawing of Dogs; in what it consisted-Other curious Pro-
visions of the Assises of the Forests-Regarders appointed
by Henry II.-Their Duties-Inquisitions into the state of
Forests by Elizabeth-The Forest Laws disused after the
Revolution-List of the Ancient Forests