Leaves from the Note-Books of Lady Dorothy Nevill

"Leaves from the Notebooks of Lady Dorothy Nevill" is the second volume of five memoirs by the great English writer, hostess, horticulturist, and plant collector. Her society evenings attracted numerous intellectuals and artists of her time, including James McNeill Whistler, Richard Cobden, and Joseph Chamberlain, and her interest in exotic plants made her friends with Charles Darwin.