The Autobiography of Arthur Young : With Selections from his Correspondence (Paperback)

Preface; 1. Childhood and youth, 1741?59; 2. Farming and marriage, 1759?66; 3. In search of a living, 1767?75; 4. Ireland, 1770?8; 5. Farming and experiments, 1779?82; 6. First glimpse of France, 1783?5; 7. First French journey, 1786?7; 8. Travel and international friendships, 1788?89?90; 9. Patriotic proposals, 1791?2; 10. The Board of Agriculture, 1793; 11. The Secretaryship, 1794?95?96; 12. Illness and death of Bobbin, 1797; 13. Diary and correspondence, 1798, 1799, 1800; 14. Diary continued, 1801?3; 15. Approaching blindness, 1804?7; 16. Last years, 1808?20; Index.