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Hudson

 

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Hudson : [unknown]

'I began now to borrow from the Sanatorium Library books on nature and the countryside -Hardy, Hudson, Jefferies, Gilbert White; books on birds, animals, snakes and trees. And all these presented a picture of an England which, except in a few secluded spots, no longer survived.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Norman Nicholson      Print: Book

  

W.(William) H.(Henry) Hudson : The London Sparrow in Kith and Kin: Poems of Animal Life ed. H.S.Salt

'Hudson's "Sparrow" is really first rate and just in the tone I expected. C'est une belle nature, which never falls short of its domain. One can depend upon him. The other volume I have been reading with a surprised admiration. It shall be an abiding delight-I see that much.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Conrad      Print: Book

  

W.(William) H.(Henry) Hudson : Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest

'Hudson's "Sparrow" is really first rate and just in the tone I expected. C'est une belle nature, which never falls short of its domain. One can depend upon him. The other volume I have been reading with a surprised admiration. It shall be an abiding delight-I see that much.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Conrad      Print: Book

  

W.H.(William Henry) Hudson : A Shepherd's Life: Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs (probable)

'Thanks very much for the books. You are indeed very good to me. Hudson's volume is fine, very fine, infinitely loveable, and as one reads on, one feels one's affection increase at every page.' Hence follow 8 lines of praise.

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Conrad      Print: Book

  

William Henry Hudson : Far Away and Long Ago - A History of My Early Life

'Miss R. Wallis described & read from the beginning of 'Long ago & far away' [sic] the autobiography: which was written during a convalescence, in which the past events of the author's life, long forgotten, floated before his eyes as he lay in a semi-trance. E. E. Unwin described his Naturalist writing & read from The Book of a Naturalist. Mrs Unwin read an extract from Hampshire Days. Mr Evans described his books dealing with life among the village [sic] abutting on Salisbury plain.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Rosamund Wallis      Print: Book

  

William Henry Hudson : Book of a Naturalist, The

'Miss R. Wallis described & read from the beginning of 'Long ago & far away' [sic] the autobiography: which was written during a convalescence, in which the past events of the author's life, long forgotten, floated before his eyes as he lay in a semi-trance. E. E. Unwin described his Naturalist writing & read from The Book of a Naturalist. Mrs Unwin read an extract from Hampshire Days. Mr Evans described his books dealing with life among the village [sic] abutting on Salisbury plain.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Ernest E. Unwin      Print: Book

  

William Henry Hudson : Hampshire Days

'Miss R. Wallis described & read from the beginning of 'Long ago & far away' [sic] the autobiography: which was written during a convalescence, in which the past events of the author's life, long forgotten, floated before his eyes as he lay in a semi-trance. E. E. Unwin described his Naturalist writing & read from The Book of a Naturalist. Mrs Unwin read an extract from Hampshire Days. Mr Evans described his books dealing with life among the village [sic] abutting on Salisbury plain.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Ursula Unwin      Print: Book

  

William Henry Hudson : [naturalist writing]

'Miss R. Wallis described & read from the beginning of 'Long ago & far away' [sic] the autobiography: which was written during a convalescence, in which the past events of the author's life, long forgotten, floated before his eyes as he lay in a semi-trance. E. E. Unwin described his Naturalist writing & read from The Book of a Naturalist. Mrs Unwin read an extract from Hampshire Days. Mr Evans described his books dealing with life among the village [sic] abutting on Salisbury plain.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Ernest E. Unwin      Print: Book

  

William Henry Hudson : [writing on Hampshire villages]

'Miss R. Wallis described & read from the beginning of 'Long ago & far away' [sic] the autobiography: which was written during a convalescence, in which the past events of the author's life, long forgotten, floated before his eyes as he lay in a semi-trance. E. E. Unwin described his Naturalist writing & read from The Book of a Naturalist. Mrs Unwin read an extract from Hampshire Days. Mr Evans described his books dealing with life among the village [sic] abutting on Salisbury plain.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Charles Evans      Print: Book

  

William Henry Hudson : Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest

'C.I. Evans read a short essay on W.H. Hudsons story Green Mansions H.R. Smith followed on Rates & Taxes & Geo Burrow read a short paper of H.M. Wallis on some points in recent Geology'.

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Charles Evans      Print: Book

  

William Henry Hudson : 153 Letters from W. H. Hudson

'I have been laid up for days and days and your volume of H[udson]'s letters was the most welcome alleviation to the worry and general horror of the situation. I think that your little introduction at the beginning is the most charming and touching thing that I ever remember having read. The letters themselves are of course particularly interesting.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Conrad      Print: Book

 

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