Complete and unabridged, with 55 full-page plates by Thomas Moran, Albert Bierstadt and Winslow Homer. Twelve sketches, one for each month, from a Connecticut garden and the people who pass the window. Wright was an ornithologist and the natural history is exact even when the mood is domestic. This edition is bound with 55 plates of painting by Winslow Homer, Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran, among others, and includes one restored, coloured illustration.