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Suggestions for Further Reading IN MOST ENDEAVORS, part ofthe pleasure ofpursuing an interest issues from the activity itself. In the case of landscape history this entails the pursuit of information in several forms. First there is that displayed by the land itself, a sample of which is portrayed herein; then there is the vast wealth ofinformation located in archives in the form ofletters, deeds, maps, contracts, and all manner of records, public and private. Finally, there are, of course, books, of a wide variety and all periods . In the years since I embarked upon this topic as an amateur without a guide through several libraries and bookstores in England, Italy, and the United States, scholarly research and publication have been transformed by computers, in both the home and library. So, too, there has developed an enormous and ever growing number ofbooks that embrace the many aspects oflandscape and gardens in general and the evolution ofthe many aspects of the English landscape in particular. While enormous amounts of material have now made their way into paperback editions, and I try to indicate such editions so as to assist students, a certain amount ofpertinent material regarding landscape history inevitably still resides in books, often rare books and archives, public and private . In my work I had the benefit of the many rare or merely old books at the American Academy in Rome, the Hoare family library at Stourhead, and the British National Library, then located in the British Museum. Most ofthe records for Longbridge Deverill, such as the enclosure maps and notebooks , have been transferred from the Longleat estate office to the county records office, necessitating trips to Devizes. Despite certain efficiencies that may be obtained today through modern technology, there was great personal pleasure to be had in poking about in library stacks and shelves, looking at and feeling the books, in the serendipity of finding unknown works next to that which I had set out after, hefting them, perusing the bindings, and lugging folios to a desk and opening them in genuine curiosity and expectation. On numerous occasions I was able to retire to a cozy room or studio and settle in with coffee or tea to browse or read leisurely. Today, with the recent move to Colin St. John Wilson's new British Library, adjacent to St. Pancras Station (a long-delayed and useful evolution in service, I am convinced), as many thousands of people reflect nostalgically upon the old facility, I can say that it was special, just to be in the great rotunda ofthe old library. While the map room and prints and drawings had their own special aura and tyrannical keepers, the great domed room with its circular catwalk above and central call desk seemed as much like an instrument of some utopian prison system as ofa library. On more than one occasion I waited for my requests only to have a slip thrust at me that explained yet another reason a particular book was not forthcoming. The most memorable - I have the slip before me now as I write - stated that it was not available as it was "destroyed by bombing in the war:' Listed below is a selection of some of the many books and articles that I perused and that had an effect upon my knowledge or understanding during my engagement with the topic. Some of these by now are ancient; some are considered old hat or more limited than when they were new or I first encountered them. Likewise, there have been other new and meritorious works that I wish I SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING had found or had been able to read at the time, as well as many that, upon looking into them, I have not found my conclusions in need of revision. Some of the former I note and list, the latter - no small number - I don't. For anyone who wishes to pursue one or more of the topics raised, there are bound to be a few items listed below that will lead to greater depth and other opinions than mme. Prehistoric and Classical Britain and Wiltshire In Rome, a few years after I had begun working on this project, Babs Johnson, who wrote under the pen name of Georgina Masson, pointed me to an obscure book that she thought was one of the best she had ever read or found. I borrowed it, agreed, and have recommended it to others and students ever since. Itwas Charles Glackens...

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