Edith Holden: A Country Diary Coloring Book

by Edith Holden

96 pages, Paperback

Published February 24, 2026

About the author

Edith Blackwell Holden (September 26, 1871 – March 16, 1920) was born at Kings Norton, Worcester, in 1871, one of seven children of a Midlands paint manufacturer. The family lived in the small village of Olton in Warwickshire and it was there that she wrote and illustrated her book, The Country Diary of An Edwardian Lady. After attending art school, she worked as an illustrator, with her drawings (often of animals) being published in several books.

She later moved to London, and in 1911 met and married Ernest Smith, a sculptor; they lived in Chelsea, and had no children. On March 16th 1920, in her 49th year, Edith died tragically by drowning in the Thames at Kew, while gathering buds from chestnut trees.

Reviews

[Lesle]

Coloring as an adult I think is very healthy and relaxing hobby.
Helps me.
Takes my mind off of things as I practice the non-mindfulness of it.
I enjoy it immensely.