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Fallodon Papers
A slim volume of essays by Viscount Grey of Fallodon, first published in 1926, this book is a collection of seven addresses he gave on subjects such as reading, nature, and public life. The essays range from 1919-1924.
In these stimulating and delightful papers, written at his ancestral home at Fallodon in Northumberland, England’s foreign minister tells of those aspects of life from which he drew refreshment and lasting pleasure. Included is his famous essay on “The Fly-Fisherman,” which appeared in this book for the first time in 1926.
The Viscount’s essays were presented as lectures and as he was unable to read from a manuscript, owing to poor eyesight, he delivered his thoughts with no notes at all, relying on a shorthand writer to record the words for print.
Full essay “The Pleasure of Reading;” “Pleasure in Outdoor Nature;” “Recreation;” “Some Thoughts on Public Life;” “Waterfowl at Fallodon;” “The Fly-Fisherman;” “Wordsworth’s ‘Prelude’.”
Beautifully illustrated throughout with art deco woodcuts.
An unmissable addition to any World War I library.
In these stimulating and delightful papers, written at his ancestral home at Fallodon in Northumberland, England’s foreign minister tells of those aspects of life from which he drew refreshment and lasting pleasure. Included is his famous essay on “The Fly-Fisherman,” which appeared in this book for the first time in 1926.
The Viscount’s essays were presented as lectures and as he was unable to read from a manuscript, owing to poor eyesight, he delivered his thoughts with no notes at all, relying on a shorthand writer to record the words for print.
Full essay “The Pleasure of Reading;” “Pleasure in Outdoor Nature;” “Recreation;” “Some Thoughts on Public Life;” “Waterfowl at Fallodon;” “The Fly-Fisherman;” “Wordsworth’s ‘Prelude’.”
Beautifully illustrated throughout with art deco woodcuts.
An unmissable addition to any World War I library.
130 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 1, 2018
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Edward Grey
140 books9 followersEdward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon KG, PC, FZL, DL, better known as Sir Edward Grey, was a British Liberal statesman who served as Foreign Secretary from 1905 to 1916.
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November 12, 2018
This is a collection of short papers written in the early 1920s by Lord Grey the former British foreign secretary famous for his “ lamps are going off all over Europe “ quite who steered foreign policy from 1905 to 1916.
I read these because Lord Alanbrooke CIGS during WW2 found such solace in them at the height of the crisis and I was intrigued to find in what they consisted .
In fact they are a very coherent blissful series of musings on how to stay sane by communing with your inner self through the medium of nature and contemplation. Interesting that 2 of our wartime leaders got such joy from bird watching , fly fishing , reading generally and reading Wordsworth particularly.
The tone of the narrator here is languid, kindly civilised . It is an insight into a long past world but where the attractions of nature and the ensuing contemplation are ballast against the flim flam of worldly troubles .
I read these because Lord Alanbrooke CIGS during WW2 found such solace in them at the height of the crisis and I was intrigued to find in what they consisted .
In fact they are a very coherent blissful series of musings on how to stay sane by communing with your inner self through the medium of nature and contemplation. Interesting that 2 of our wartime leaders got such joy from bird watching , fly fishing , reading generally and reading Wordsworth particularly.
The tone of the narrator here is languid, kindly civilised . It is an insight into a long past world but where the attractions of nature and the ensuing contemplation are ballast against the flim flam of worldly troubles .
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