The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies. Walter Besant

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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       PREFACE.

       EULOGY

       RICHARD JEFFERIES

       CHAPTER I.

       COATE FARM.

       CHAPTER II.

       SIXTEEN TO TWENTY.

       CHAPTER III.

       LETTERS FROM 1866 TO 1872.

       CHAPTER IV.

       GLEAMS OF LIGHT.

       CHAPTER V.

       FIRST YEARS OF SUCCESS.

       CHAPTER VI.

       FICTION, EARLY AND LATE.

       CHAPTER VII.

       IN FULL CAREER.

       CHAPTER VIII.

       THE LONGMAN LETTERS.

       CHAPTER IX.

       THE COUNTRY LIFE.

       CHAPTER X.

       "THE STORY OF MY HEART."

       CHAPTER XI.

       THE CHILD WANDERS IN THE WOOD.

       CHAPTER XII.

       CONCLUSION

       APPENDIX I.

       LIST OF JEFFERIES' WORKS.

       APPENDIX II.

       LIST OF PAPERS STILL UNPUBLISHED.

       APPENDIX III.

       LETTER TO THE TIMES , NOVEMBER, 1872.

       THE END

PREFACE.

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      In the body of this work I have sufficiently explained the reasons why I was entrusted with the task of writing this memoir of Richard Jefferies. I have only here to express my thanks, first to the publishers, who have given permission to quote from books by Jefferies issued by them, namely: Messrs. Cassell and Co., Messrs. Chapman and Hall, Messrs. Longman and Co., Messrs. Sampson Low and Co., Messrs. Smith and Elder, and Messrs. Tinsley Brothers, and next, to all those who have entrusted me with letters written by Jefferies, and have given permission to use them. These are: Mrs. Harrild, of Sydenham, Mr. Charles Longman, Mr. J.W. North, and Mr. C.P. Scott. I have also been provided with the note-books filled with Jefferies' notes made in the fields. These have enabled me to understand, and, I hope, to convey to others some understanding of, the writer's methods. I call this book the "Eulogy" of Richard Jefferies, because, in very truth, I can find nothing but admiration, pure and unalloyed, for that later work of his, on which will rest his fame and his abiding memory.

      W.B.

      United University Club,

      September, 1888.

      THE

EULOGY

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      OF

RICHARD JEFFERIES

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CHAPTER I.

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COATE FARM.

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      "Go," said the Voice which dismisses the soul on its way to inhabit an earthly frame. "Go; thy lot shall be to speak of trees, from the cedar even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall; and of beasts also, and of fowls, and of fishes. All thy ways shall be ordered for thee, so that thou shalt learn to speak of these things as no man ever spoke before. Thou shalt rise into great honour among men. Many shall love to hear thy voice above all the voices of those who speak.