English hours / by Henry James ; edited by Alma Louise Lowe, with illustrations by Anthony Gross

Henry James

RA Collection: Book

Record number

15/1944

Author

Edition

2nd edition

Imprint

London; Melbourne; Toronto: Heinemann, 1960

Physical Description

xliv, 250 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

General Note

First published in 1905
Bibliography: p.231-243.

Contents

A note on the text -- Introduction -- The Essays. London -- Browning in Westminster Abbey -- Chester -- Lichfield and Warwick -- North Devon -- Wells and Salisbury -- An English Easter -- London at Midsummer -- Two excursions -- In Warwickshire -- Abbeys and Castles -- English Vignettes -- An English New Year -- An English winter watering-place -- Winchelsea, Rye and `Denis Duval’ -- Old Suffolk -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index


Summary Note

`It was in 1905 that Heinemann first published Henry James’s English Hours, a selection of his essays on England, mainly written in the 1870s and 1880s. [ … ] The new edition of English Hours has an introduction by Dr Alma Louise Lowe, a James scholar, and, like him, an American devoted to the friendship of English-speaking peoples. The delightful illustrations are by Anthony Gross, one of the foremost contemporary recorders of the English scene.' [dust-jacket].

Binding Note

Dark green cloth covers titled in gilt on spine: `English Hours. Henry James. Edited by Alma Louise Lowe. Heinemann.’ Illustrated dust-jacket designed by Anthony Gross.

Subject

Illustrated books
Cathedrals - England

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