Sussex, Painted by Wilfrid Ball

Sussex, Painted by Wilfrid Ball

Mr. Thomas Hardy, writing to Mr. Tyndale concerning his pictures reproduced in this volume, says: ...to their fidelity both in form and colour I can testify. And you seem to have conveyed in your renderings that under-picture, as one may say, that mood or temperament that pertains to each particular spot portrayed and to no other on earth. The English counties differ in two ways from the divisions into which other European countries have fallen: in the first place, they are somewhat smaller than the average division, natural or artificial, of other countries; and in the second place, they have in many cases a more highly-specialised life. Both these features have been of great value in building up the history of England, and, before one sets out to understand any county, it is always worth ones while to remember them and to appreciate their importance in our national development. The strong local character of counties is more discoverable in some than in others. Thus Cheshire with its distinctive plain; Cornwall with its peculiar racial and, till recently, linguistic features; Devon, all grouped round one great lump of hills, almost{2} make little nations by themselves. Again, those who are acquainted with the north of England will mark the quite separate character which Durham contrasts against Yorkshire on the south and Northumberland upon the north. There are other districts where several counties group themselves together, and where the whole group differs more from the rest of England than do the separate counties of the group one from another. This is particularly the case with East Anglia, and to some extent it is the case with the Shires. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 67784
Author: Ball, Wilfrid
Release Date: Apr 6, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: A&C Black ltd
Publication Date: 1906
Publisher Country: United Kingdom

Contributors

Contributor (Author): Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953