Inmates of My House and Garden

After her previous books received a great reception, Eliza Brightwen Elder (1830 – 1906), a Scottish naturalist and author, published Inmates of my House and Garden in 1895, considered her masterwork. The work was the third collection of personal studies of natural history. The content includes Lemurs, Mungo, Squirrels, The Cork Moth, and many more. Contents include: Lemurs Tommy and Pearlie Mungo Squirrels Fairy Asnapper Willow-wrens Tame Doves Feeding Birds Starving Tortoises Teaching Children Studying Nature Insect Observation Solitary Bees and Wasps Drone Flies The Praying Mantis The Cork Moth The Clothes Moth The Death-watch Cheese-mites and Flies Lepismæ Pot-pourri A Water Bouquet Artistic Pithwork