This attractive little nature book for children, a 1945 reprint of a 1939 first edition, turns out to have an interesting background. In a fulsome dedication and introduction we learn that the book is an anthology of small booklets given to children from London going to visit the countryside or the seaside. It’s a worthwhile reminder of how separate and specific the lives of children and their families were for so long.
The accounts of the specialness of other worlds are frankly and charmingly written. A nice thing.
The Solitary Reader 