Much More than "Notes"
Originally published in 1905, this Edith Holden work is a combination nature diary and watercolour journal. The exquisite paintings and drawings are made more inviting because they are accompanied by Holden's personal nature notes, along with bits of poetry from Shakespeare, Tennyson, Longfellow, Herrick, and others. The twelve "chapters," January through December, give intimate, detailed attention to the flora and fauna of the seasons as they change on the Edwardian lady's English countryside.
While the poetry and nature notes are lovely and supremely appropriate for each of the drawings, it is the serious watercolourist who will love Nature Notes of an Edwardian Lady the most.
