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• Cynthia’s Way by Mrs Alfred Sidgwick (1901)

  

  Review by Jane V: Cynthia, a rich, independent English society girl (albeit without surviving family) goes to Germany as a governess ‘for an adventure’. Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Mrs Alfred Sidgwick (c.1850-1934) and Cousin Ivo (1899)

  

  Cecily Sidgwick published 41 novels and collections of short stories over her long career from 1889 until her death in 1934. She was born in London to a German... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Reading 1900-1950 Newsletter

  

  The Winter Newsletter  for the 1900-1950 Special Collection is out now! It has articles (and lots of pictures) on: Our Yorkshire Writers 1900-1950 event at the... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Sun in the Sands by Henry Williamson (1945)

  

  Review by George Simmers (see his Great War Fiction blog here) When Chris told us that this month’s author would be Henry Williamson, my heart sank a little. Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Beautiful Years by Henry Williamson (1921)

  

  This is Williamson’s first published novel. I wondered, after hearing how the book presents a bleak picture of the years before World War 1 – years that are... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson (1927)

  

  Review Mary P: The book sub title is ‘His Joyful Water-Life and Death in the Two Rivers’. Williamson gives a very detailed description of an otter’s life, and... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Henry Willliamson (1895-1977)

  

  Henry Williamson (1895-1977) was a hugely prolific author (he  wrote over 50 books), best-known for his 1927 novel Tarka the Otter. Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Witch-Hazel by Willie Riley (1928)

  Review by Jane V: Divided into three books to show the passage of the years, the novel tells the story of three young people growing up in Yorkshire in the 1920... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2013

• Olive of Sylcote by Willie Riley (1918)

  

  We’re backtracking a bit here, to the author we read a couple of months ago: Willie Riley. But it’s good to get another reader’s response to a novel I am sure... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2013

• Once Upon a Time: An Adventure by Vaughan Wilkins (1949)

  Review by George Simmers (see his Great War Fiction blog here). Once Upon a Time is an entertaining romp. It begins with a prelude set in 1901. Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2013

• Vaughan Wilkins (1890-1959)

  

  At our latest reading group we discussed William Vaughan Wilkins (1890-1959), a writer of popular historial romances and adventure stories, and a journalist. Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2013

• Men of Mawm by Willie Riley (1921)

  I spoke too soon! Here’s one more Riley review. Review by Sylvia D: Men of Mawm is an attractively produced book with line drawings inside the front and back... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2013

• Laycock of Lonedale by Willie Riley (1924)

  Our last Riley, I think. Lots of clear themes emerging as our reviewer, Sue, notes: money can’t buy happiness, right prevailing over might, trust in the Lord,... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2013

• Jack and John by Willie Riley (1935)

  

  I always have a good look at the prelims and end papers in books in the collection, and in this book published by Herbert Jenkins they are particularly... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013

• We’re in the Yorkshire Post!

  Our Yorkshire Writers 1900-1950 event has inspired a splendid article about Willie Riley, Phyllis Bentley and Winifred Holtby: ‘Forgotten Pleasures’, Yorkshire... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2013

• Rachel Bland’s Inheritance by Willie Riley (1923)

  Review by Thecla W: Rachel Bland is 30 and has looked after her bullying, invalid father for the 12 years since her mother died. For some years she has been... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2013

• Jerry and Ben by Willie Riley (1919)

  Review by George Simmers (see his Great War FIction blog) This is a book that must have seemed old-fashioned even when it was written (1919), which may have bee... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2013