George Borrow, by Edward Thomas
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Title: George Borrow The Man and His Books Author: Edward Thomas
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Transcribed from the 1912 Chapman & Hall edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
GEORGE BORROW THE MAN AND HIS BOOKS
BY
EDWARD THOMAS AUTHOR OF “THE LIFE OF RICHARD JEFFERIES,” “LIGHT AND TWILIGHT,” “REST AND UNREST,” “MAURICE MAETERLINCK,” ETC. WITH PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS LONDON CHAPMAN & HALL, LTD. 1912 Printed by JAS. TRUSCOTT AND SON, LTD., London, E.C.
NOTE
The late Dr. W. I. Knapp’s Life (John Murray) and Mr. Watts-Dunton’s prefaces are the fountains of information about Borrow, and I have clearly indicated how much I owe to them. What I owe to my friend, Mr. Thomas Seccombe, cannot be so clearly indicated, but his prefaces have been meat and drink to me. I have also used Mr. R. A. J. Walling’s sympathetic and interesting “George Borrow.” The British and Foreign Bible Society has given me permission to quote from Borrow’s letters to the Society, edited in 1911 by the Rev. ...
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