A review by paperbacksandpines
The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady by Edith Holden

3.0

I was impressed by the gorgeous sketches of flora and occasional fauna displayed in this book as well as the latin and common names of them. Holden described this flora and told the history of the word origins of the months of the year. It was educational to read about the types of plants native to, or at least common in, the English countryside at the time this book was published.

If you are not a fan of poetry, you might not appreciate this book, or at least not fully appreciate it, considering that at least half of the pages of this diary are filled with poetry arranged by month, coupled with a few mottos and sayings about each month of the year.