THE EULOGY OF RICHARD JEFFERIES

BY

WALTER BESANT

'I hearing got, who had but ears,
And sight, who has but eyes before;
I moments live, who lived but years,
And truth discern, who knew but learning's lore.
	Thoreau.

WITH A PORTRAIT

London

CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY
1888

TO THE

WIDOW AND THE TWO CHILDREN

RICHARD JEFFERIES

I DEDICATE THIS MEMORIAL, IN THE EARNEST HOPE

THAT IT MAY NOT BE FOUND WHOLLY

UNWORTHY OF ITS SUBJECT.

PREFACE.

In the body of this work I have sufficiently explained the reasons why Iwas entrusted with the task of writing this memoir of Richard Jefferies.I have only here to express my thanks, first to the publishers, who havegiven permission to quote from books by Jefferies issued by them,namely: Messrs. Cassell and Co., Messrs. Chapman and Hall, Messrs.Longman and Co., Messrs. Sampson Low and Co., Messrs. Smith and Elder,and Messrs. Tinsley Brothers, and next, to all those who have entrustedme with letters written by Jefferies, and have given permission to usethem. These are: Mrs. Harrild, of Sydenham,[Pg vi] Mr. Charles Longman, Mr.J.W. North, and Mr. C.P. Scott. I have also been provided with thenote-books filled with Jefferies' notes made in the fields. These haveenabled me to understand, and, I hope, to convey to others someunderstanding of, the writer's methods. I call this book the "Eulogy" ofRichard Jefferies, because, in very truth, I can find nothing butadmiration, pure and unalloyed, for that later work of his, on whichwill rest his fame and his abiding memory.

W.B.

United University Club,

September, 1888.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
COATE FARM	1
CHAPTER II.
SIXTEEN TO TWENTY	49
CHAPTER III.
LETTERS FROM 1866 TO 1872	66
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