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Lifetime: 1741 - 1820 Passed: ≈ 204 years ago

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Arthur Young

Books by Arthur Young

Wild and romantic: Early guides to the English lake district Cover image

Wild and romantic: Early guides to the English lake district

A collection of some of the most significant literary work on the English Lake District prior to Thomas West’s A guide to the Lakes (1778). The poet Thomas Gray takes the reader from Brough south to Kendal on his return from a tour in Scotland. An ag...

Travels in France During the Years 1787, 1788, 1789 Cover image

Travels in France During the Years 1787, 1788, 1789

Arthur Young, an English agriculturist, set out to write a travelogue on the state of agriculture in France and found himself in the midst of the French Revolution. His report on life in the capital and in the countryside in the years 1787, 1788, and...