Traveller in Little Things
Published on 1. February 2017
218 pages
978-1-77667-573-9 (ISBN)
Description
Noted naturalist and writer William Henry Hudson's attention to detail and keen insight shine in this thought-provoking and inspiring collection of short essays. Focusing on topics ranging from the aging process to the heart-rending purity of small children, these sketches are the perfect respite from everyday life.
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Content
- Intro
- Title
- Contents
- I - How I Found My Title
- II - The Old Man's Delusion
- III - As a Tree Falls
- IV - "Blood": A Story of Two Brothers
- V - A Story of Long Descent
- VI - A Second Story of Two Brothers
- VII - A Third Story of Two Brothers
- VIII - The Two White Houses: A Memory
- IX - Dandy: A Story of a Dog
- X - The Samphire Gatherer
- XI - A Surrey Village
- XII - A Wiltshire Village
- XIII - Her Own Village
- XIV - Apple Blossoms and a Lost Village
- XV - The Vanishing Curtsey
- XVI - Little Girls I Have Met
- XVII - Millicent and Another
- XVIII - Freckles
- XIX - On Cromer Beach
- XX - Dimples
- XXI - Wild Flowers and Little Girls
- XXII - A Little Girl Lost
- XXIII - A Spray of Southernwood
- XXIV - In Portchester Churchyard
- XXV - Homeless
- XXVI - The Story of a Skull
- XXVII - A Story of a Walnut
- XXVII - A Story of a Jackdaw
- XXIX - A Wonderful Story of a Mackerel
- XXX - Strangers Yet
- XXXI - The Return of the Chiff-Chaff
- XXXII - A Wasp at Table
- XXXIII - Wasps and Men
- XXXIV - In Chitterne Churchyard
- XXXV - A Haunter of Churchyards
- XXXVI - The Dead and the Living
- XXXVII - A Story of Three Poems
