![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (BTW - I recently learned those two words and jotted them down, and now look-they came in handy!). WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT MACFARLANE During the Second World War, John Stewart Collis volunteered to leave his comfortable life as an academic to work on the land for the war effort. However, if you are a nemophilist (a haunter of woods one who loves the forest and its beauty and solitude) or are addicted to waldeinsankeit (the feeling of being alone in the woods), you will probably like this book very much indeed. Recommended for: most people won't want to read a book so utterly lacking in story. The 108 pages of this book are an excerpt from his book The Worm Forgives the Plough. Was in the Air - and He Helped to Put It There HAVELOCK ELLIS: Artist of Life By John Stewart Collis. Just a collection of thoughts and observations. Although I enjoyed this in general, I could only read a few pages at a time because there is no narrative whatsoever, and really no characters either. This is a short collection of his musings from that time-mostly about the work he did, but also on nature and forests, and also a few on people. His assignment included thinning the forest and cutting ash trees (an internet search suggests these were used in making airplane wings). During WWII, John Stewart Collis (who was 40 at the time and a WWI veteran) managed a forest in Dorset as his job in the land army. ![]()
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