Excerpt from On Surrey Hills The volumes 'woodland, Moor, and Stream' and the 'annals of a Fishing Village, ' edited by me from the Notes of A Son of the -marshes, have met with so satisfactory a 'recognition of their merits, that both author and editor are encouraged to venture upon another series of sketches. The Son of the Marshes has now established for himself the reputation of a keen and enthusiastic student of bird, animal, and fish life in the woodlands, glades, and streams of our southern counties; and it has been the aim of the editor in. 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.