The Joy of November (Snippets 38)

Originally posted on Windows into History:

Winter Landscape with Iceskaters, by Hendrick Avercamp (c. 1608)

William Howitt (1792-1879) was a prolific writer, principally of non-fiction, who wrote on a variety of topics over the course of his life: religion, literature, spiritualism, travel, history. He was perhaps best known for his books on rural life. One of the most charming is A Country Book: for the field, the forest, and the fireside, published in 1859. It contains one chapter per mo...