'Reality in War Literature' (a consideration of this significant essay, including scans of

the original manuscript and typescript from 1926, and the essay as it appeared in The

London Mercury in 1929)

The page for The Ackymals (ltd ed., Windsor Press, 1929) has been revised to

incorporate further information – letters to HW from the Windsor Press, and the

complete short story as it appeared in The London Mercury, January 1927

A newly discovered book review by HW in the New York Herald Tribune (Nov. 1930) of

Edward Thompson's In Araby Orion. The page for In Araby Orion has also been updated

to include the review

Revised page for A Soldier's Diary of the Great War, now including a lengthy review by

Jack Squire in the Observer, recently discovered in the Literary Archive

Posthumous collections – these are the collections of newspaper and magazine

articles and essays, introductions to other books etc. by HW, published by the Society –

15 books in all, comprising, in published date order:

*  Days of Wonder (Contributions to the Daily Express, 1966–1971)

*  From a Country Hilltop (Contributions to Home Magazine, 1958–1962; and The

Sunday Times, 1962–1964)

*  A Breath of Country Air (2 vols) (Contributions to the Evening Standard, 1944–1945;

and 'Quest', 15 linked pieces in Woman's Illustrated and Eve's Own, 1946)

*  Spring Days in Devon, and Other Broadcasts (Transcripts of 22 BBC talks)

*  Pen and Plough: Further Broadcasts (Transcripts of 21 BBC talks; with a checklist

of all HW's known BBC radio broadcasts)

*  Threnos for T. E. Lawrence, and Other Writings

*  Green Fields and Pavements: A Norfolk Farmer in Wartime (Contributions to the

Eastern Daily Press, 1941–1944)

*  The Notebook of a Nature-lover (Selected contributions to the Sunday Referee,

1933–1936)

*  Words on the West Wind: Selected Essays from The Adelphi, 1924–1950

*  Henry Williamson: A Brief Look at His Life and Writings in North Devon in the

1920s and '30s (A short anthology, edited by Tony Evans)

*  Indian Summer Notebook: A Writer's Miscellany 

*  Heart of England: Contributions to the Evening Standard, 1939–1941

*  Chronicles of a Norfolk Farmer: Contributions to the Daily Express, 1937–1939

*  Stumberleap, and Other Devon Writings: Contributions to the Daily Express,

1915–1935

*  Atlantic Tales: Contributions to The Atlantic Monthly, 1927–1947

The Survivor: A Sunday Night Feature on the author of Tarka the Otter (BBC1,

broadcast on 8 May 1966)

The Twelfth Man (the essay 'Genesis of Tarka', in an anthology published for Prince

Philip's 50th birthday)

'Some Nature Writers and Civilisation' (Wedmore Memorial Lecture given by HW

to the Royal Society for Literature)

'Reflections on the Death of a Field Marshal' (An essay prompted by viewing the

film 'Oh! What a Lovely War' that was first published in Contemporary Review in

June 1971)

'The Last 100 Days' (A series of articles about the 100-day offensive that ended the

Great War)

Waveney Girvan and the West Country Writers Association (of which Henry

Williamson later became president. This new page is an adjunct to the page on

Girvan's Bibliography and a Critical Survey of the Works of Henry Williamson.)

Two additional pages to expand on our Richard Jefferies page:

Richard Jefferies Centenary Celebrations, June 1948

Henry Williamson and the Richard Jefferies Society

The Daniel Brothers, London Rifle Brigade. This page was created courtesy of

Tom Daniel, grandson of one of the brothers, who provided the details and the

marvellous photo. (Updated with further information and photographs March 2018.)

Francis Thompson (A look at his life and work; his influence on HW; HW and the

Francis Thompson Society; and HW's two essays on Thompson, 'A First Adventure

with Francis Thompson' and 'In Darkest England')

Five essays and reviews by Fr Brocard Sewell:

'Facing the Spectres of the Mind' (review, 1960)

'Henry Williamson' (1961)

'The Power of the Dead' (review, 1963)

'Some Thoughts on The Flax of Dream' (1965)

'Some Memories of H.W.' (1980)

'Some Notes on The Flax of Dream & A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight', by Henry

Williamson. This illuminating essay was first published in the Aylesford Review

(Vol II, No. 2, Winter 1957–'58).

'A Fair Seed-time: an illustrated account of Henry Williamson's childhood', by

Anne Williamson. The page also includes perhaps HW's earliest known writing: a

school essay written in 1908 when he was 12, entitled 'Keepers and Birds of Prey'.

In the Woods (including Appendices on: Fr Brocard Sewell and St Albert's Press;

'Machen in Fleet Street; HW's involvement with Aylesford Review literary events)

A Soldier's Diary of the Great War by Douglas Bell, Introduction by Henry Williamson

(Not a new page, but revised and augmented – an album of pencil drawings and

watercolours by Bell, most drawn by him in 1915, has recently been donated to the

Society. The entire album has been scanned and added to this page.)

A Solitary War (vol. 13 of A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight; including HW's synopses

for a proposed film, 'Immortal Corn', 1940)

The Unreturning Spring by James Farrar (edited and with an Introduction by Henry

Williamson)

'7.30 a.m.: a time of hope that became an execution hour', newspaper article by HW