Eleanor Vere BoyleEleanor Vere Boyle (1825-1916) was born in Scotland, the youngest daughter of a wealthy, land-owning family. Her first book, Child's Play, was published in 1851, and she went on to become one of the most successful women illustrators of the Victorianera, contributing to works by some of the well-known authors at the time, as well as writing and illustrating her own books and articles. After her husband's retirement, the family moved to Huntercombe Manor in Buckinghamshire where she recreated the gardens. Days and Hours in a Garden (1884) is a collection of essays chronicling that garden through the year, with recollections of the changes that had been made to the grounds of the old manor house. Eleanor Vere Boyle wrote other gardening books in the later years of her long career, but Days and Hours in a Garden remains her most popular. Read More Read Less