Excerpt from Autumnal Leaves It is a singular circumstance that, with all the resources which art possesses in the present day, and in view, especially, of the wealth of illustra tion that has been brought into requisition in the endeavour to reproduce the flowers of the field, ' no one should have attempted to reproduce the blossoms of Autumn as represented by autumnal leaves. The neglect, in a literary and pictorial sense, of this most fascinating branch of natural science is doubtless only accidental, and it does not arise from any lack of appreciation of the subject. But the fact remains that, rich as this subject is in itself, and full as it is of attraction for the lovers of Nature, it has, by pictorial art, in the especial phase in which it is here represented, been wholly overlooked. Merely general references - such as may be found abundantly both in poetry and prose - to the glory and beauty of Autumn. 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.