7 Quotes & Sayings By Richard Jefferies
Richard Jefferies (1848–1911) was an English writer, antiquary, naturalist, and amateur anthropologist. His best-known works are the romantic novels The Story of Mankind (1885), The Story of the Glastonbury Legend (1884), and All in a Garden Fair (1884).
He also wrote numerous essays on anthropology, folklore, and natural history, in particular the study of the Celtic Druids. He published in periodicals such as "The Nineteenth Century", "The Queen", "Nineteenth Century Fiction", "Macmillan's Magazine", "Macmillan's Magazine Monthly", and "Home Life".
Besides his many books, Jefferies' essays were collected in "The Chiswick Folksong Book" (1894), which has been called the 'finest collection of folk lore ever published'. His most popular work is his autobiography, "My Life and Times", which was published posthumously in 1911.