Walter De LA Mare

'No breath of wind, No gleam of sun Still the white snow Whirls softly down'As the day draws to a close, a family prepares for Christmas - decorating the tree, hanging stockings by the fire, putting out a plate of mince pies... Outside, the world turns to white.

Memoirs Of A Midget is a novel written by Walter de la Mare, first published in 1921. The book is a fictional autobiography of the protagonist, Miss M., who is a midget. The novel is divided into three parts, each of which provides a different perspective on Miss M.'s life. In the first part, Miss M. describes her childhood and early years, growing up as a midget in a family of normal-sized people. She talks about the challenges she faced, both physical and emotional, and how she learned to cope with them. In the second part, Miss M. recounts her experiences as a young woman, living in London and working as a governess for a wealthy family. She falls in love with one of her employers, but the relationship ends tragically. In the final part, Miss M. reflects on her life as an older woman, looking back on her successes and failures, and contemplating her own mortality. She comes to the realization that, despite her physical limitations, she has lived a full and meaningful life. Memoirs Of A Midget is a poignant and thought-provoking novel that explores themes of identity, love, and the human condition. It is a classic of English literature and remains a popular read for those interested in early 20th-century fiction. This Is A New Release Of The Original 1922 Edition. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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""The First Trail"" is a book written by Lady Baden-Powell, the wife of the founder of the Boy Scouts, Robert Baden-Powell. The book is a memoir of her experiences on the first official Boy Scout camping trip in 1907, which took place on Brownsea Island off the coast of England. In the book, Lady Baden-Powell describes the challenges and successes of the trip, including the training and preparation of the boys, the logistics of camping on an island, and the various activities and lessons learned during the trip. She also shares her observations on the boys' behavior and attitudes, and the impact that the experience had on them. The book provides a unique insight into the early days of the Boy Scouts, and the vision and philosophy of Robert Baden-Powell. It also serves as a testament to the importance of outdoor education and the benefits of experiential learning. Overall, ""The First Trail"" is an engaging and informative read for anyone interested in the history of the Boy Scouts or the development of outdoor education. Additional Authors Include Lord Dunsany, Ianthe Jerrold, Rudyard Kipling, And Many Others. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Collected Stories for Children was first published in 1947 and is a collection of the best seventeen short stories written by Walter de la Mare. The stories cover a range of subjects, but are all dreamy and poetic, captivating both adults and children. The book was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1947, the first time a collection of stories had won this award. It was unexpected, as none of the stories were new, spanning the previous two decades, but the award acknowledged him in this way: "the achievement of the most gifted writer of the century who had dedicated his finest powers to delighting children". The stories contained in the collection are  Dick and the Beanstalk  The Dutch Cheese  A Penny a Day  The Scarecrow  The Three Sleeping Boys of Warwickshire  The Lovely Myfanwy  Lucy  Miss Jemima  The Magic Jacket  The Lord Fish  Mr. Bumps and his Monkey (also known as The Old Lion)  Broomsticks  Alice's Godmother  The Maria-Fly  Visitors  Sambo and the Snow Mountains  The Riddle

'This is a book about childhood, but it is not a mere literary essay, it is a work of the widest learning, exploring the whole field of the subject ... a book rich in ideas, rich in information, rich in wisdom ...indeed, a kind of Anatomy of Childhood.' The Listener'An enchanting book, and one that is certain of deepening affection in every house into which it finds its way.'Observer'Only Walter de la Mare could have devised these ceremonies and been the master of them. In this conjuration of childhood he has amassed its evidence as displayed in many autobiographies, and has set against this the letters, diaries, stories and verses of these children ... His company ranges from mill hands and chimney sweeps to two queens of England; it embraces the whole gamut of the English poets; mathematicians and philosophers, though not so plentiful, are discovered to have been children once.' New Statesman

Desert Islands opens with a captivating essay on the romance of islands and castaways in literature and life, and the associations that have arisen in the imagination of readers in every generation. The essay leads on to over 200 pages of what de la Mare himself calls 'a rambling commentary', in the form of an anthology or commonplace book on every conceivable aspect of this teeming subject. There are notes, reflections and quotations from a lifetime's reading on wrecks, maroons, pirates, utopias, goats, hallucinations, exotic foods, misers, punishments, solitude , Darwin, parrots, idols, saints, hermits, maps, spices, drugs . . . and of course Daniel Defoe. Desert Islands is the perfect bedside or holiday book. It also playfully boasts a subtitle of rococo inventiveness and one of the longest you will ever read!'A vast treasure chest, a bewildering collection . . . to dazzle and fascinate everyone who lifts the lid.' Geoffrey Grigson

Walter de la Mare was among the leading proponents of the so-called 'Georgian' poets, a loose assembly of influential literary friends who gathered in London in the years leading up to the First World War. Concerned with a refinement of sensibility - in feeling, in expression and in particular in regard to the natural world - the Georgians tapped a popular vein that de la Mare first embraced then later distanced himself from. This engaging assembly of verse and prose, first published in 1943, is de la Mare's vivid survey on love and sensibility, and contains, in his words, 'many of the supreme lyrics in the language'.

Walter de la Mare's anthologies are in a category of their own, indeed, they are of such excellence as to make the description belittling. Walter de la Mare compiled five of them, with commentaries, using poems and passages of prose. All are being reissued in Faber Finds, and to each he brought such a range of reading, wisdom and intelligence as to make them cornucopias of delight and entertainment. Behold, This Dreamer was first published in 1939 and Faber Finds is proud to reissue it seventy years on. Walter de la Mare provides a long introduction which leads to, in his own words, '. . . a Survey - a panorama - of a wide theme, endlessly inviting, in much obscure, viewed from many different angles, by many diverse minds.' To quote from the original blurb, 'Mr de la Mare is concerned not merely with dreaming, whether by night or day, with fantasies, hallucinations, explanations and interpretations of dreams, and the whole business (so to speak) of getting into (as well as out of) the dreamstate. His net is thrown over death as well as sleep, Nature as well as Man: and he takes his soundings in those unconscious and unreasoning depths out of which human personality and art so mysteriously spring.'

'The most compelling of anthologies, the most leisurely, and the most complete.' ObserverFirst published in 1923, the conception of de la Mare's collection of poetry and prose 'for the young of all ages' had been in the poet's mind for some time. He wanted it to transcend the ordinary anthology, to have real unity and to be a true introduction to poetry. The result was, in its time, a completely original book, personal and creative - pervaded by his own company throughout. Come Hither takes its unity from de la Mare's introduction, an allegorical prose fable, the subtle and playful references of which are echoed throughout the proceeding collection. The anthology's ecstatic variety, where 'unofficial poetry', such as counting-out rhymes, appear on equal terms alongside Keats's Odes, suggests a relation between childhood and poetry that is at once serious and radiantly spontaneous. Together with the children's literature aspect, it also provides a selection of the leading Georgian poets and is arguably the best account of their 'hinterland', documenting their prevailing thematic concerns alongside a selection of their predecessors.