The Humpherys Family

The Swans Fly Over

Record Added: 4/5/2011
Author 
Illustrator 
Setting England
Topic History: Great Britain, I
 Antique or Collectible
Publisher Faber and Faber Ltd.
Year 1959
Age Adult   Pages 139
Description Green cloth binding, no DJ
 
Narrative of life in rural England, of the countryside, mannerisms, lifestyle during WW II. Chapter titles include:
  • Going to Sleep
  • Ghosts
  • Scientific Discovery
  • Picking Up Stones
  • Swans and Peacocks
  • Chiltern Woods
  • Sensitive Plants
  • Fancies and Superstitions of Some Common Flowers
  • Village Names
  • The British Workman
  • Patchwork
  • Christmas Presents
  • Singing Games and Nursery Rhymes
  • Mactavish - A Scottie
Notes
from England.
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