| Acknowledgements | ||
| Introduction | ||
| Preface to the Original Edition | ||
| I | The Farmers' Parliament | 1 |
| II | Leaving His Farm | 9 |
| III | A Man of Progress | 15 |
| IV | Going Downhill | 22 |
| V | The Borrower and the Gambler | 30 |
| VI | An Agricultural Genius - Old Style | 40 |
| VII | The Gig and the Four-in-Hand - A Bicycle Farmer | 48 |
| VIII | Haymaking - 'The Juke's Country' | 60 |
| IX | The Fine Lady Farmer - Country Girls | 72 |
| X | Mademoiselle, the Governess | 83 |
| XI | Fleeceborough - A 'Despot' | 91 |
| XII | The Squire's 'Round Robin' | 99 |
| XIII | An Ambitious Squire | 106 |
| XIV | The Parson's Wife | 113 |
| XV | A Modern Country Curate | 120 |
| XVI | The Solicitor | 129 |
| XVII | 'County-court Day' | 137 |
| XVIII | The Bank - The Old Newspaper | 143 |
| XIX | The Village Factory - Village Visitors - Willow-work | 153 |
| XX | Hodge's Fields | 161 |
| XXI | A Winter's Morning | 171 |
| XXII | The Labourer's Children - Cottage Girls | 177 |
| XXIII | The Low 'Public' - Idlers | 188 |
| XXIV | The Cottage Charter - Four-acre Farmers | 199 |
| XXV | Landlords' Difficulties - The Labourer as a Power - Modern Clergy | 209 |
| XXVI | A Wheat Country | 219 |
| XXVII | Grass Countries | 225 |
| XXVIII | Hodge's Last Masters - Conclusion | 232 |
Overview
A preeminent medievalist presents a wonderful catalog of real and fanciful beasts, including the manticore, griffin, phoenix, amphivius, jaculus, and many other exotic animals. White's witty, erudite commentary on scientific and historical aspects enhances this survey of proto-zoology on which science is based and pre-scientific perceptions of the earth's creatures. 128 black-and-white illustrations.