Excerpt from In Nature's Ways: A Book for All Young Lovers of Nature Being an Introduction to Gilbert White's, Natural History of Selborne Gilbert white's Natural History of Selborne, in spite of the pleasing writings of the many followers in his footsteps, still stands alone. It is the only book on Natural History pure and simple which has become a classic it appeals to everyone it has gone through more than one hundred and fifty editions in very much less than that number of years it records many discoveries; and, as Gilbert White tells what he has himself noticed, there are, even at this later period, very few mistakes to be corrected. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.