In The Old Magic of Christmas

Thomas Lydon and Robert Rawson

Not only does the library at West Wind contain handwritten notes from Whitman and inscriptions from Frost

Vande Kopple effortlessly perceives the connections between families

taciturn woman and her curious

Explorers' Botanical Notebook: In the Footsteps of Theophrastus, Marco Polo, Linnaeus, Flinders, Darwin, Speke and Hooker Judaism In The Old Magic of"The greatest pleasure of naturalists (understated by certain utilitarians) is to discover new species, to point to new islands on the map of nature, and to populate continents that seem to be deserts" Richard Spruce, 1851 This splendid book traces the journeys of more than 80 pioneering botanists who explored the unknown world and collected thousands of unusual plants. Many were celebrated at home in Europe and England. Others were working in