Rustic Sounds (Classic Reprint): And Other Studies in Literature and Natural History: And Other Studies in Literature and Natural History (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda
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Discover the quiet wonders of the natural world through sound. This essay reflects on how people hear and imagine the voices of birds, wind, and rustic instruments, blending natural history with memory and art. Read as a gentle exploration of how sound shapes memory and meaning in the countryside.
In these pages, the author recalls making whistles from horse-chestnut bark, tinkering with dandelion reeds, and listening to a chorus of birds that evoke childhood days and scientific curiosity alike. The prose moves between intimate, almost lyrical observation and thoughtful science, offering small, vivid portraits of springtime, folklore, and the way sound connects people to place.
- Engaging personal anecdotes about keeping and studying common sounds in nature
- Accessible reflections on early scientific thinking and the roots of experimental observation
- Thoughtful comparisons between human-made instruments and natural voices
- Warm, precise descriptions that invite readers to notice the world’s everyday music
Ideal for readers who enjoy nature writing, historical science, and the quiet study of sound in daily life.
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I have an antiquarian interest in the penny whistle as being a poor relation of the recorder of our forefathers.
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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.
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Sounds are to me more reminiscent than sights; they bring back the sensations of childhood, and indeed all memories of my past life, in a way more touching and clear than what is seen. Wendell Holmes claims the sense of smell as most closely associated with memory; for me, as I say, it is that of hearing.
In this paper I shall wander in imagination through the different seasons in the home of my youth, and let the recalled rustic sounds lead where they will.
To children there is something impressive and almost sacred in the changes of the seasons, in the onset of winter, or the clear approach of spring. The first of these changes was heralded for me by the appearance of puddles frozen to a shining white; mysterious because the frost had drunk them dry in roofing them with ice, and especially delightful in the sharp crackling sound they gave when trodden on. This was the noise of the beginning of winter. Another winter memory is the humming whistle of the boys' feet as they slid on the village pond, a remembrance that recalls my envious admiration of their heavily nailed boots, giving them an advantage in pace and a more noble style of sliding.
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.
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