"When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are plowmen's clocks" [t.p.]
Contents
I. Kitchens -- II. Fires -- III. Summer Holidays -- IV. Travelling -- V. Boggarts and sprites -- VI. Evocation of Christmas -- VII. The herb garden -- VIII. Weather report -- IX. Autumn -- X. Choosing a house -- XI. An old account book -- XII. Flowers in Buckinghamshire