Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, A Season of Calm Weather, Wild Flowers and Herbs, Footpaths, Wheatfields, Woodlands, Sweet Especial Rural Scene. The Round Ocean and the Living Air, Nature and Man, Nature and Books, London Essays, are the groupings of these representative pieces by the 19th century's well-known novelist and naturalist. Minute observation, complete immersion in nature, prose laden with color, mark these essays whose appeal will be for those who like to read about the out-of-doors.