The Diary of John Evelyn by John Evelyn, Austin Dobson - 9781108078832

The Diary of John EvelynWith an Introduction and Notes\nAuthor(s): John Evelyn, Austin Dobson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108078832, 978-1108078832\nSynopsis\nThe Stuart writer and gardener John Evelyn [tel], whose two-volume Sylva is also reissued in this series, kept a diary from the age of eleven, and in the 1680s began to compile this memoir from his records. It was first published in 1818 in an edition by the antiquarian William Bray; this three-volume version of 1906 was edited by Austin Dobson [tel], the author and poet who also wrote the volume on Henry Fielding in the 'English Men of Letters' series, among many other literary biographies. In an extensive preface, Dobson explains his reasons for revisiting a work which had already received much editorial attention, and his introduction gives a short biography of its author. Volume 1 begins with Evelyn's own memoir of his early lif.