3-070-725 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Illustrations from new books - An English lane: from "Autumnal Leaves" (Sketches in the New Forest), 1881. 'Mr. Francis George Heath, the author of many pleasing books descriptive of rustic life and manners, of English rural scenery, and of the characteristic forms, the botanical varieties, the habits of growth, and the special beauties of different species of trees, ferns, and other plants of wild growth in this country, has produced another volume, which is called "Autumnal Leaves." It is published by Messrs. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, and we have permission to borrow for a page of this Journal a few of the small vignette engravings, which are executed by Mr. James D. Cooper, from drawings made by Mr. F. G. Short amidst the fine woodland scenery of the New Forest...Mr. F. G. Heath, as we know from past experience in his "Fern World," is an excellent guide in such country excursions in search of the beautiful in nature. The miniature landscapes which we have borrowed will serve to bring to remembrance the picturesque features of that inviting district, which some of us may hope to visit next year'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.