The Toilers of the Field
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A collection of articles which first appeared in Fraser's Magazine and Longman's Magazine published posthumously in book form in 1892.
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- Toilers of the Field
- RICHARD JEFFERIES
- AUTHOR OF "THE GAMEKEEPER AT HOME," ETC. ETC.
- NEW IMPRESSION
- LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
- 39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON NEW YORK AND BOMBAY 1898
- All rights reserved
- RICHARD JEFFERIES.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- PART I.
- PART II.
- PART I.
- THE FARMER AT HOME.
- FOOTNOTE:
- THE LABOURER'S DAILY LIFE.
- FIELD-FARING WOMEN.
- AN ENGLISH HOMESTEAD.
- JOHN SMITH'S SHANTY.
- WILTSHIRE LABOURERS.
- LETTER I.
- LETTER II.
- THE ALLOTMENT SYSTEM.
- A TRUE TALE OF THE WILTSHIRE LABOURER.
- CHAPTER II.
- CHAPTER III.
- PART II.
- THE COMING OF SUMMER.
- FOOTNOTE:
- THE GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN.
- AN EXTINCT RACE.
- ORCHIS MASCULA.
- THE LIONS IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE.
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