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in St. James's Park, and that Richmond Park 

 enters into the title of his last work. 



"It is hoped that a generous response will 

 be made to this appeal, so that the work may 

 be carried out with as beautiful a design, as 

 good workmanship, and in as imperishable 

 material as possible. Small donations will be 

 welcomed as cordially as larger gifts, for it is 

 believed that among followers in Mr. Hudson's 

 footsteps and readers of his books there are 

 many only able to afiord small contributions 

 who would wish to be associated with this 

 memorial of a great teacher. It was, moreover, 

 their lives into which he entered with most 

 sympathy and which he most hoped to 

 influence as is shown by his bequest." 



10s. 6d.— Mrs. M. H. Paterson. 

 10s. — L. Leslie Brooke ; A. P. Dawson ; 

 Lady Jekyll. 



Donations should be sent to the Hon. 

 Treasurer, Mr. Hugh Dent, Aldine House, 

 Bedford Street, W.C.I, or can be paid direct 

 to the " W. H. Hudson Memorial Fund " at 

 the London County Westminster and Parr's 

 Bank, Covent Garden. 



The first list of subscriptions includes the 

 follo^ving : — 



£50 — R. B. Cunninghame Graham. 



£25 — Mr. and Mrs. Muirhead Bone; J. M. 

 Dent & Sons, Ltd. ; John Galsworthy ; 

 Edward Garnett ; H.H. Margaret, Ranee of 

 Sarawak. 



£20— Viscount Grey of Fallodon, K.G. ; 

 Viscountess Grey. 



£15 158.— Miss C. V. Hall. 



£10 10s.— Hon. Mrs. Bontine ; Dr. and Hon. 

 Mrs. Dawtrey Drewitt ; Royal Society for tho 

 Protection of Birds. 



£5 5s.— Mrs. Ella Fuller Maitland ; Miss L. 

 Gardiner ; Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Lemon ; 

 Prof, and Mrs. W. Rothenstein. 



£5— The Marquess of Crewe, K.G. ; Dr. 

 Emilio Gutienele ; E. V. Lucas; Duchess of 

 Portland. 



£3 3s.— Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Arnison ; Hon. 

 Mrs. Arthur Henniker. 



£2 28. — Earl Buxton ; John Byers ; Edmund 

 Gosse ; J. Rudge Harding ; Mr. and Mrs. Percy 

 Leake ; Miss Lowry ; E. G. B. Meade- Waldo ; 

 H. W. Nevinson ; Miss E. M. Williams. 



£1 Is. — A. Conyers Baker ; Maurice Church ; 

 A. T. Cummings ; Mrs. Dummett ; Algernon 

 Gissing ; J. W. Haines ; J. Hamer ; H. Festing 

 Jones ; G. E. Lawrence ; Miss E. E. Lewis : 

 G. C. Nevile; F. B. B. Nichols; Miss L. 

 Pollock; Morley Roberts ; Sir Montagu Sharpe, 

 K.C. ; D. M. Stevenson. 



£1 — Lady Bnice ; Ralph Peck. 



Within the space of but a few weeks 

 have been published the last work written 

 by Mr. Hudson. "A Hind in Richmond 

 Park" (J. M. Dent & Sons), and the 

 first two volumes of the Memorial Edition, 

 prepared by the same publishers, con- 

 sisting of his two earliest works, " The 

 Purple Land that England Lost" (1885) 

 and "A Crystal Age" (1887). These 

 latter, both fiction, contain less of his 

 own special subjects, his outlook on 

 nature, at once scientific and emotional, 

 and his outlook on life, at once philo- 

 sophical and poignant — than perhaps an}'' 

 other books that came from his pen. 

 The " Hind," on the other hand, has more 

 of analytical and speculative inquiry 

 than any other, based on an extraordinary 

 wealth of examples and instances. The 

 increase in reflective musing, and the 

 decrease of direct and joyous communion 

 with nature, tell of advancing years. It 

 would be difficult to find other indication 

 of age. 



" A Hind in Richmond Park " deals 

 with the senses of animals, including man, 

 civilised and uncivilised, and the lesser 

 creation ; and Mr. Hudson himself was 

 in writing it absorbed by the subject. 

 The mass of illustrative notes employed, 

 many of them referring back to his 

 experiences on the Pampas, indicate that 

 it had fascinated him long before he 

 meditated following up impressions with 

 comparison and induction. The fascina- 

 tion now grips the reader. 



For the bird-lover the greatest interest 

 will lie in the numerous passages con- 

 cerning the sight and smell of birds, bird- 

 music, the sense of direction and the 

 migrating instinct. All are extraordin- 

 arily full of theory and hypothesis that 

 " make to think." 



The last chapter was not entirely 

 written when the writer laid down his 

 pen for the last time ; but the incomplete 

 script has been interpreted and arranged 

 as the publishers say, with " loving 

 patient care " by Mr. Morley Roberts. 



