New Naturalist
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The New Naturalist books are a series published by Collins in the United Kingdom, on a variety of natural history topics relevant to the British Isles. The aim of the series at the start was: "To interest the general reader in the wild life of Britain by recapturing the inquiring spirit of the old naturalists." In the editors' preface to a 1952 monograph they write "An object of the New Naturalist series is the recognition of the many-sidedness of British natural history, and the encouragement of unusual and original developments of its forgotten or neglected facets."
The first to appear was E.B. Ford's Butterflies in 1945. The authors of this series are usually eminent experts, often professional scientists. This gives the series authority, and many are or have been authoritative introductory textbooks on a subject for some years. The books are written in scientific style, but are intended to be readable by the non-specialist, and are an early example of popular science in the media.
The books of the series have had considerable influence on many students who later became professional biologists, such as W.D. Hamilton and Mike Majerus. The latter was inspired by Ford's Butterflies and Moths and later added two of his own volumes to the series.
A parallel series of Monographs was also published, but there have been no additions since 1971. Volume 82 of the main series, The New Naturalists,[1] described the series to date, with author biographies and a guide to collecting the books.
The original Editorial Board consisted of Julian Huxley, James Fisher, Dudley Stamp, John Gilmour and Eric Hosking. Many of the highly characteristic dust jacket illustrations are by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis; others are by Robert Gillmor.
Being a numbered series, with a very low print run for some volumes, they are highly collectable. Second-hand copies of the rarer volumes, in very good condition, can command high prices. The 100th volume was published in 2006.
The series won the 2007 British Book Design & Production Award for "brand or series identity",[2] and in 2008 the official website was launched, with features including the latest news, a members only area with access to exclusive content and downloads, and a forum.
HarperCollins have announced the first ten volumes of the series are to be reprinted in collectible facsimile editions. More information is available in the official New Naturalists Store.
Contents |
[edit] Main Series
| 1 | Butterflies | E.B. Ford | 1945 |
| 2 | British Game | Vesey-Fitzgerald, B. | 1946 |
| 3 | London's Natural History | R.S.R. Fitter | 1945 |
| 4 | Britain's Structure and Scenery | Dudley Stamp, L. | 1946 |
| 5 | Wild Flowers | Gilmour, J. & Walters, M. | 1954 |
| 6a | Natural History in the Highlands and Islands | Darling, F.F. | 1947 |
| 6b | The Highlands and Islands | Darling, F.F. & Boyd, J.M. | 1964 |
| 7 | Mushrooms and Toadstools | Ramsbottom, J. | 1953 |
| 8 | Insect Natural History | Imms, A.D. | 1947 |
| 9 | A Country Parish | Boyd, A.W. | 1951 |
| 10 | British Plant Life | Turrill, W.B. | 1948 |
| 11 | Mountains and Moorlands | Pearsall, W.H. | 1950 |
| 12 | The Sea Shore | Yonge, C.M. | 1949 |
| 13 | Snowdonia | North, F.J., Campbell, B. & Scott, R. | 1949 |
| 14 | The Art of Botanical Illustration | Blunt, W. | 1950 |
| 15 | Life in Lakes and Rivers[3] | Macan, T.T. & Worthington, E.B. | 1951 |
| 16 | Wild Flowers of Chalk and Limestone | Lousley, J.E. | 1950 |
| 17 | Birds and Men | Max Nicholson | 1951 |
| 18 | A Nat. Hist. of Man in Britain | Fleure, H.J. | 1951 |
| 19 | Wild Orchids of Britain | Summerhayes, V.S. | 1951 |
| 20 | The British Amphibians and Reptiles | Malcolm Arthur Smith | 1951 |
| 21 | British Mammals | Matthews, L.H. | 1952 |
| 22 | Climate and the British Scene | Gordon Manley | 1952 |
| 23 | An Angler's Entomology | Harris, J.R. | 1952 |
| 24 | Flowers of the Coast | Hepburn, I. | 1952 |
| 25 | The Sea Coast | Steers, J.A. | 1953 |
| 26 | The Weald | Wooldridge, S.W. & Goldring, F. | 1953 |
| 27 | Dartmoor | Harvey, L.A. & St Leger Gordon, D. | 1953 |
| 28 | Sea-Birds | Fisher, James & Lockley, R.M. | 1954 |
| 29 | The World of the Honeybee | Butler, C.G. | 1954 |
| 30 | Moths | E.B. Ford | 1954 |
| 31 | Man and the Land | Dudley Stamp, L. | 1955 |
| 32 | Trees, Woods and Man | Edlin, H.L. | 1956 |
| 33 | Mountain Flowers | Raven J. and Walters, M. | 1956 |
| 34 | The Open Sea: The World of Plankton | Hardy, A. | 1956 |
| 35 | The World of the Soil | Russell, E.J. | 1957 |
| 36 | Insect Migration | Williams, C.B. | 1958 |
| 37 | The Open Sea: Fish & Fisheries | Hardy, A. | 1959 |
| 38 | The World of Spiders | W.S. Bristowe | 1958 |
| 39 | The Folklore of Birds | Armstrong, E.A. | 1958 |
| 40 | Bumblebees | Free, J.B. & Butler, C.G. | 1959 |
| 41 | Dragonflies | Corbet, P.S., Longfield, C. & Moore, N.W. | 1960 |
| 42 | Fossils | Swinnerton, H.H. | 1960 |
| 43 | Weeds and Aliens | Salisbury, E. | 1961 |
| 44 | The Peak District | Edwards, K.C. | 1962 |
| 45 | The Common Lands of England and Wales | Hoskins, W.G. & Dudley Stamp, L. | 1963 |
| 46 | The Broads | Ellis, A.E. | 1965 |
| 47 | The Snowdonia National Park | Condry, W.M. | 1966 |
| 48 | Grass and Grassland | Moore, I. | 1966 |
| 49 | Nature Conservation in Britain | Dudley Stamp, L. | 1969 |
| 50 | Pesticides and Pollution | Mellanby, K. | 1967 |
| 51 | Man and Birds | Murton, R.K. | 1971 |
| 52 | Woodland Birds | Simms, E. | 1971 |
| 53 | The Lake District | Pearsall, W.H. & Pennington, W. | 1973 |
| 54 | The Pollination of Flowers | Proctor, M. & Yeo, P. | 1973 |
| 55 | Finches | Newton, I. | 1972 |
| 56 | Pedigree: Words from Nature | Potter, S. & Sargent, L. | 1973 |
| 57 | British Seals | Hewer, H.R. | 1974 |
| 58 | Hedges | Pollard, E., Hooper, M.D. & Moore, N.W. | 1974 |
| 59 | Ants | Brian, M.V. | 1977 |
| 60 | British Birds of Prey | Brown, L.H. | 1976 |
| 61 | Inheritance and Natural History | R. J. Berry | 1977 |
| 62 | British Tits | Chris Perrins | 1979 |
| 63 | British Thrushes | Simms, E. | 1978 |
| 64 | The Natural History of Shetland | R. J. Berry | 1980 |
| 65 | Waders | Hale, W.G. | 1980 |
| 66 | The Natural History of Wales | Condry, W.M. | 1982 |
| 67 | Farming and Wildlife | Mellanby, K. | 1981 |
| 68 | Mammals in the British Isles | Harrison Matthews, L. | 1982 |
| 69 | Reptiles and Amphibians in Britain | Frazer, D. | 1983 |
| 70 | The Natural History of Orkney | R. J. Berry | 1985 |
| 71 | British Warblers | Simms, E. | 1985 |
| 72 | Heathlands | Webb, N. | 1986 |
| 73 | The New Forest | Tubbs, C.R. | 1986 |
| 74 | Ferns | Page, C.N. | 1988 |
| 75 | Freshwater Fishes of the British Isles | Maitland, P.S. & Campbell, R.N. | 1992 |
| 76 | The Hebrides | Boyd, J.M. & Boyd I.L. | 1990 |
| 77 | The Soil | Davis, B.N.K., Walker, N., Ball, D.F. & Alastair Fitter | 1992 |
| 78 | British Larks, Pipits and Wagtails | Simms, E. | 1992 |
| 79 | Caves and Cave Life | Chapman, P. | 1993 |
| 80 | Wild and Garden Plants | Walters, M. | 1993 |
| 81 | Ladybirds | Mike Majerus | 1994 |
| 82 | The New Naturalists | Marren, P. | 1995 (2nd ed. 2005) |
| 83 | The Natural History of Pollination | Proctor, M., Yeo, P. & Lack, A. | 1996 |
| 84 | Ireland: A Natural History | Cabot, D. | 1999 |
| 85 | Plant Disease | Ingram, D. & Robertson, N. | 1999 |
| 86 | Lichens | Gilbert, Oliver | 2000 |
| 87 | Amphibians & Reptiles | Beebee, T. & Griffiths, R. | 2000 |
| 88 | Loch Lomondside | John Mitchell | 2001 |
| 89 | The Broads | Brian Moss | 2001 |
| 90 | Moths | Mike Majerus | 2002 |
| 91 | Nature Conservation | Peter Marren | 2002 ISBN 0-00-711305-6 |
| 92 | Lakeland | Derek Ratcliffe | 2002 ISBN 0-00-711304-8 |
| 93 | British Bats | John Altringham | 2003 ISBN 0-00-220140-2 |
| 94 | A Natural History of the Seashore | Peter Hayward | 2004 ISBN 0-00-220030-9 |
| 95 | Northumberland | Angus Lunn | 2004 ISBN 0-00-718484-0 |
| 96 | Fungi | Spooner, B. & Roberts, P. | 2005 ISBN 0-00-220152-6 |
| 97 | Mosses and Liverworts | Porley, R. & Hodgetts, N. | 2005 ISBN 0-00-220212-3 |
| 98 | Bumblebees | Ted Benton | 2006 ISBN 0-00-717450-0 |
| 99 | Gower | Jonathan Mullard | 2006 ISBN 0-00-716067-4 |
| 100 | Woodlands | Oliver Rackham | 2006 ISBN 0-00-720243-1 |
| 101 | Galloway and the Borders | Derek Ratcliffe | 2007 ISBN 0-00-717401-2 |
| 102 | Garden Natural History | Stefan Buczacki | 2007 ISBN 0-00-713993-4 |
| 103 | The Isles of Scilly | Rosemary Parslow | 2007 ISBN 978-0-00-220150-6 |
| 104 | A History of Ornithology | Peter Bircham | 2007 ISBN 978-0-00-719969-3 |
| 105 | Wye Valley | George Peterken | 2008 ISBN 978-0-00-716069-3 |
| 106 | Dragonflies | Philip S. Corbet and Stephen Brooks | 2nd June 2008 ISBN 978-0-00-715168-3 |
| 107 | Grouse | Adam Watson and Robert Moss | 1st September 2008 ISBN 978-0-00-715097-3 |
[edit] Monographs
| M01 | The Badger | Neal, E. | 1948 |
| M02 | The Redstart | Buxton, J. | 1950 |
| M03 | The Wren | Armstrong, E.A. | 1955 |
| M04 | The Yellow Wagtail | Smith, S. | 1950 |
| M05 | The Greenshank | Nethersole-Thompson, D. | 1951 |
| M06 | The Fulmar | Fisher, J. | 1952 |
| M07 | Fleas, Flukes and Cuckoos | Rothschild, M. & Clay, T. | 1952 |
| M08 | Ants | Morley, D.W. | 1953 |
| M09 | The Herring Gull's World | Tinbergen, N. | 1953 |
| M10 | Mumps, Measles and Mosaics | Smith, K.M. & Markham, R. | 1954 |
| M11 | The Heron | Lowe, F.A. | 1954 |
| M12 | Squirrels | Shorten, M. | 1954 |
| M13 | The Rabbit | Thompson, H.V. & Worden, A.N. | 1956 |
| M14 | The Birds of the London Area | London N.H.S. | 1957 |
| M15 | The Hawfinch | Mountfort, G. | 1957 |
| M16 | The Salmon | Jones, J.W. | 1959 |
| M17 | Lords and Ladies | Prime, C.T. | 1960 |
| M18 | Oysters | Yonge, C.M. | 1960 |
| M19 | The House Sparrow | Summers-Smith, D. | 1963 |
| M20 | The Wood Pigeon | Murton, R.K. | 1965 |
| M21 | The Trout | Frost, W.E. & Brown, M.E. | 1967 |
| M22 | The Mole | Mellanby, Kenneth | 1971 |
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Peter Marren, The New Naturalists. Collins, 1995. 2nd edition 2005.
- ^ British Book Design and Production Awards 2007: Winners. Retrieved on 2008-04-22.
- ^ An edition of Life in Lakes and Rivers was published by Readers Union in 1959.
