Author : Joseph Edgar Chamberlin
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ISBN 13 : 9781331965046
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (65 download)
Book Synopsis The Listener in the Country (Classic Reprint) by : Joseph Edgar Chamberlin
Download or read book The Listener in the Country (Classic Reprint) written by Joseph Edgar Chamberlin and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-22 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Listener in the Country If you come with me to a certain lately cleared but now bush-grown field not very far from Boston, on the edge of a large wood, - a wild spot, stony, and yet not innocent of bogs and muddy places here and there, - you may hear and see one of the strangest and most delightful of performances. It is the night-flight and love-song of the woodcock, - that queer, uncouth water-bird who has taken to the land; whose ugly bullhead, short legs, long bill, and ungraceful ordinary movements are laughable; who is, nevertheless, worshipped by sportsmen; who is divine on the table, and who is capable of the most remarkable union of grace in movement and musical utterance, - in his one great rapturous performance that so few people have seen or ever will see. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.