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Where could I learn more about Waterton?
Most of the material included here was prepared by Leisure Services in collaboration
with the Economic Development Department, Wakefield, England. The top floor
of the Wakefield Museum now houses the Charles Waterton Collection.
Waterton's most famous book was Wanderings in South America which
he published in 1825 and has been in print most of the time since then.
He also wrote three volumes of Essays on Natural History which were printed
in 1838, 1844 and 1857 and then collected together in one volume (containing
most of the essays) by Norman Moore in 1871.
A number of books have been written about Charles Waterton. The most recent
and the most revealing is Charles Waterton, Traveller and Conservationist
by Julia Blackburn, which was published in 1989. Also recommended is Philip
Gosse The Squire of Walton Hall published in 1940.
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