tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post1380845808181968024..comments2024-03-27T21:39:23.192-07:00Comments on Sacnoth's Scriptorium: A Lord Howard de Walden SpottingJohn D. Rateliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12324926298336489295noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-60481506808791276462015-04-06T19:54:47.613-07:002015-04-06T19:54:47.613-07:00Just a couple of days after you posted this I ran ...Just a couple of days after you posted this I ran across a reference to Lord Howard de Walden in Joseph Pearce's "Wisdom and Innocence: A Life of G. K. Chesterton." He is mentioned as one of the participants in a film by J. M. Barrie, where he played (along with GKC and George Bernard Shaw) a cowboy. The episode is also mentioned in GKC's autobiography. Apparently the film was never released, and possibly never completed.Brerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14429065718316352989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-29253457380137817922015-04-06T19:34:53.009-07:002015-04-06T19:34:53.009-07:00Ever since I read LLoyd Alexander's Pyrdain se...Ever since I read LLoyd Alexander's Pyrdain series I've been fascinated by the Mabinogion. I hope I can find some of his work, I'll also look for Kenneth Morris' The Book of Three Dragons, never read it. Excellent, and thank you!Paul Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14620026998861471269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-34366853557127051492015-04-04T12:56:14.545-07:002015-04-04T12:56:14.545-07:00Hi Paul
Yes, when I referred to him as
"in...Hi Paul<br /><br />Yes, when I referred to him as <br /><br />"interesting but largely forgotten" <br /><br />this is what I had in mind.<br /><br />As for the value of his work, unlike Dunsany, who is simply the best fantasy short story writer in English, or Kenneth Morris, who turned the MABINOGI tales into something weird and wonderful all his own,* I think Lord Howard de Walden is mainly of historical importance. But then I haven't read all his works so I may be doing him an injustice; I'll post on him again sometime down the line when I've read more.<br /><br />--John R.<br /><br />*I'm thinking of his masterpiece THE BOOK OF THREE DRAGONS hereJohn D. Rateliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324926298336489295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-44795538223991007982015-04-03T12:06:16.241-07:002015-04-03T12:06:16.241-07:00His works are dang hard to find! Wikipedia has a l...His works are dang hard to find! Wikipedia has a list with now publishers info... nothing else! Doesn't seem to be on Gutenberg, either. Have you read his stuff? Is it any good?Paul Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14620026998861471269noreply@blogger.com