Abstract
FROM a scientific point of view there is little of interest in this book, but as a realistic record of the thoughts and experiences of a Surrey labourer, reproducing more or less the dialect of the county, the conversations are certainly worth preserving. There is no attempt at flue language or refined rhapsodies on rural life and scenes, but in natural vigorous words Bettesworth—that was the name of the labourer—gives his opinion upon sundry persons, places and things he has known. The ethnographer will here and there find descriptions of country customs and remedies which will interest him.
The Bettesworth Book. Talks with a Surrey Peasant.
By George Bourne. Pp. vi + 325. (London: Lamley and Co., 1901.) Price 5s. net.
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The Bettesworth Book. Talks with a Surrey Peasant . Nature 65, 173–174 (1901). https://doi.org/10.1038/065173d0
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