Nature's Simple Plan

This early works was originally published in 1922. PREFACE: In this study of the theory of simplicity - the way of nature - in the England of 1770, I have begun with an essay intended to set forth the general conviction that civilisation had somehow or other failed of its goal - was at least on the decline - and that primitive man, in his savage or even animal state, was better off than the citizens of Europe. The dream of a finer nation, conceived in simplicity and liberty, in which the arts, and particularly poetry, might flourish as in their native soil, is the subject of the paper on Corsica which forms the second essay.......Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.