text to voice screen recording of the preface (by f. h. bailey) and introduction from “farmers of forty centuries; or permanent agriculture in china, korea and japan” by f. h. king. two footnotes have been deleted. the book is about maintenance of soil fertility as practiced in asia. the complete text is available online at the archive.org.

text to voice screen recording from george sitwell’s “an essay on the making of gardens”. contains the preface, first paragraph of each of the four chapters, and the page headings. the entire book is available online at the archive.org.

a note on an incident from the early 1990s that may be related to the barry and honey sherman murders of 2017.

text to voice screen recording of walter aubrey kidds “the direction of hair in animals and man” which asks the question “can acquired characters be inherited?”

text to voice screen recording of j. st. loe stracheys introduction to “cottage building in cob, pise, chalk and clay” by clough william-ellis. it was another time it was another housing crisis. the whole book can be read online at the archive.org.

text to voice screen recording of joseph gandys “designs for cottages, cottage farms, and other rural buildings; including entrance gates and lodges.” the text with picture plates is available online at the archive.org.

Text to voice screen recording of uncorrected google translation of m.a.t. Vercoutres “le silphium des anciens est bien un palmier”.

Text to voice screen recording of Alexander cozens “a new method of assisting the invention in drawing original compositions of landscape”

floor plan of palladian villa blocked in with assembly app.

floor plan of palladios villa cornaro, centre block and side wings.