Passion for Nature
Subtitle: 19th-century Naturalism in the Circle of Charles Alexander Johns
By: by Deirdre Dare and Melissa Hardie
Contributors: with an essay by Clifford Evans on Emily Stackhouse
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Patten Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Newmill, Penzance, Cornwall
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
First sentence: Main text:  In the far south-west of Cornwall sprawls a wild and beautiful peninsula, the Lizard, where for centuries farmers and fishermen have struggled to make a living.
Description: A biography of the life and work of Victorian botanist, social historian and educator Charles A Johns (1811-1874), best known for the botanical guide, Flowers of the Field, and his Cornish classic, A Week at the Lizard. Aside from the main text about Johns and his multiple careers, an additional essay is included on the life and work of the botanical illustrator, Emily Stackhouse, who provided some of the drawings and paintings for his many illustrated works. Johns began as Assistant Master to the brilliant teacher, Derwent Coleridge, and in Cornwall was the mentor and then life-long friend of the social reformer and novelist, the Rev Charles Kingsley. This book is a pen-portrait of this circle, and includes more than 100 illustrations.
Notes: Contains Johns family trees, a biographical register of primary circle & illustrators of his work, full publications list, a readings diary of references made in his work to other naturalists and poets, and a categorised list of autographs & photographs contained in the family autograph & correspondence album (Wordsworth, Coleridge, Darwin, J S Mill, Charles Kingsley, Queen Victoria and many others)
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