I just downloaded it from googlebooks <G> and I found Wood Magic at archive.org from a link at U. Penn http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=olbp42692 I downloaded in Kindle but they have several types of download Again thanks for the leads <G> Eliz On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 4:19 PM, Josephine Jeremiah <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> wrote: > On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 22:11:34 -0000, Eliz Hanebury <elizhgene@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Josephine, if you drop off the list, I will have to come over the >> water and pull you back <VBG>, this is a great site! > > Hi Eliz and Listers, > > I'll be taking a reading break in the New Year as I have so many books, > which I want to read, including the Wiltshire ones I've discovered > recently since joining the Eng-Wiltshire list. > > For instance, I have been dipping into 'Bevis: the story of a boy' (1882), > which was written by Richard Jefferies. The background of the novel is > said to resemble a farm by Coate Water, Swindon, where the author lived as > a child. > > This book is a sequel to 'Wood Magic' (1881). > > Josephine > > -- > Josephine Jeremiah > www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WILTSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
On Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:01:42 -0000, Eliz Hanebury <elizhgene@gmail.com> wrote: > I just downloaded it from googlebooks <G> and I found Wood Magic at > archive.org from a link at U. Penn > Again thanks for the leads <G> Hope you enjoy dipping into Bevis and Wood Magic, Eliz. I like books about the countryside in past times. I have A Country Child by Alison Uttley, which was first published in 1931. This novel is about a young girl, in Victorian times, growing up on a farm in the countryside. Although set in Derbyshire, much of what is so vividly described would have been familiar to our local ancestors of the time. The story includes a description of Christmas celebrations in a farmhouse kitchen. The author drew on memories of her own childhood and they've made a lasting impression on me as I have read the story again and again over the years since I acquired the book in my own youth. The novel is by my side as I write as I am going to read Chapter 12 December and Chapter 12 Christmas Day to get into the mood for Christmas. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com
On Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:33:51 -0000, Josephine Jeremiah <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> wrote: > I have A Country Child by Alison Uttley, which was first published in > 1931. Sorry, the title of the book I mentioned in my previous message should be The Country Child by Alison Uttley not A Country Child. -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com
Josephine, I do too like books about the countryside in past times. I am reading one at the moment set in Adelaide in 1850 at the time my GGGrandparents arrival in Port Adelaide, Australia. It is a book one of my daughters had to read for her VCE. It's called CLARA MORISON 'A Tale of South Australia during The Gold Fever' by Catherine Helen Spence. I am getting a great insight to how it was when they touched land after several months at sea travelling to the unknown from Ramsbury, Wiltshire with three young children and another one on the way who was born in Adelaide in Feb 1851 and died 14 days later. Leonie. -----Original Message----- From: eng-wiltshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-wiltshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Josephine Jeremiah Sent: Friday, 24 December 2010 9:34 AM To: eng-wiltshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [ENG-WILTSHIRE] A Country Child (1931) by Alison Uttley (was Bevis and Wood Magic ...) On Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:01:42 -0000, Eliz Hanebury <elizhgene@gmail.com> wrote: > I just downloaded it from googlebooks <G> and I found Wood Magic at > archive.org from a link at U. Penn > Again thanks for the leads <G> Hope you enjoy dipping into Bevis and Wood Magic, Eliz. I like books about the countryside in past times. I have A Country Child by Alison Uttley, which was first published in 1931. This novel is about a young girl, in Victorian times, growing up on a farm in the countryside. Although set in Derbyshire, much of what is so vividly described would have been familiar to our local ancestors of the time. The story includes a description of Christmas celebrations in a farmhouse kitchen. The author drew on memories of her own childhood and they've made a lasting impression on me as I have read the story again and again over the years since I acquired the book in my own youth. The novel is by my side as I write as I am going to read Chapter 12 December and Chapter 12 Christmas Day to get into the mood for Christmas. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WILTSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message