Agriculture and the Land
Richard Jefferies' Essays and Letters
Edited by Rebecca Welshman
This book brings together previously uncollected essays on the changing conditions of agriculture and rural life in the 1870s and 1880s. These items, many of which are unknown to researchers, were first published in leading periodicals of the time and offer new insight into the trajectory and timeframe of Jefferies’ career. The material offers fresh perspectives on the economics and politics of agriculture, the condition of the agricultural labourer, the use of steam power, the land question, education and changing farming practices.
Key Features- Contains significant new material by Jefferies that is republished here for the first time since it appeared in the Victorian periodical press
- Offers new material for research in the areas of Victorian literature, the environmental humanities, the history of agriculture and politics, and to those with interests in rural writing
- Contains a number of newly attributed essays and letters
AbbreviationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionNotes on Periodicals
Drought and Water, Pall Mall Gazette, 28 June 1870
Farmers at Bay, Pall Mall Gazette, 8 February 1871
The Old Sporting Man, Pall Mall Gazette, 1 February, 1872
The County Franchise, Pall Mall Gazette, 1 May 1872
The Rating of Personal Property, Standard, 23 May, 1872
The Poetry of Steam Ploughs, Graphic, 5 October 1872
The Wiltshire Labourer, The Times, 14 November 1872
Wiltshire Farmers and Labourers, The Times, 27 November 1872
The Future of Farming, The Times, 15 October 1873
The Farmer from his own Point of View, Pall Mall Gazette, 23 April, 1874
The Power of the Farmers, Fortnightly Review 1 June 1874
Patchwork Agriculture, Examiner, July 1875
The Cost of Agricultural Labour in 1875, Standard, 1 October 1875
Local Taxation, Standard, 29 December 1875
The Spirit of Modern Agriculture, New Quarterly Magazine, July 1876
Joint-stock Agriculture, Pall Mall Gazette, 16 March 1877
The Landowners’ Difficulties, Pall Mall Gazette, 29 March 1877
The Agricultural Labourer’s Vote, Pall Mall Gazette, 24 May 1877
Unequal Agriculture, Fraser’s Magazine, May 1877
The Prospects of Farming, Pall Mall Gazette 19, 23 July 1877
Milk Supply, Pall Mall Gazette, 26 December 1877
The State of Farming, St. James’ Gazette, August 1881
Steam on Common Roads, Standard, 13 September 1881
The Preservation of Game in England, St. James’ Gazette, 25 October, 1881
The Beauty of the Fields, Magazine of Art, December 1881
The Wiltshire Labourer, Longmans Magazine, November 1883
One of the New Voters, Manchester Guardian, 24, 31 January 1885
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