Our Farm of Four Acres is written by a widow named Miss Coulton who in the mid 1800s moved from the hustle and bustle of central London to the countryside to make a go of living a rural lifestyle despite having little to no farming and animal husbandry knowledge (but many children to look after!).

What follows is a short but interesting tale covering butter making, poultry, pigs, ponies, gardening, as well as a detailed description of farm finances for relevant catagories (eg how profitable raising chickens was vs buying chicken) and more.

Despite being written in the mid 1800s the writing is easy accessible and straight forwardly written; if you're lucky enough to pick up one of the earlier editions they are quaintly bound in embossed leather making for both an intellectually interesting and visually appealing book. ( )