Wild Life in a Southern County was first published in 1879. The publisher's blurb for this edition merely quotes from two reviews:

'Marvellous pictures of country sights in England. A volume to be read and re-read, and each time we think with a keener interest.' The Graphic

'Unsurpassed in power of observation and sympathy with natural objects by anything that has appeared since the days of Gilbert White.' Daily News