![]() ![]() His delicately precise and fresh drawings had an instant appealâ (DNB). Shepard, a Punch staff artist at the time, provided delightful line vignettes, resulting in â a wonderful marriage of verse and vision. ![]() ![]() â On a rain-blighted holiday in Wales, escaped from the crowd of fellow guests to the summerhouse, and for 11 days wrote a set of childrenâ s verses, one each dayâ ¦ â There on the other side of the lawn was a child with whom I had lived for three years â ¦ and here within me were unforgettable memories of my own childhood.â He added more verses when he got home, enough for a book, and allowed some to be published in advance in Punchâ (Carpenter & Prichard, 351). Milne wrote most of these poems at the request of friend and fellow poet Rose Fyleman, who was planning a new childrenâ s magazine. â Although Alan Alexander Milne wrote novels, short stories, poetry and many plays for adults, in addition to his work as assistant editor for Punch from 1906 to 1914, it is his writings for children that have captured the hearts of millions of people worldwide and granted Milne everlasting fameâ (Silvey, 461). Octavo, bound in full morocco by Bayntun Riviere, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear boards, gilt onlay to the front panel, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Finely bound example of each work in Milne's wonderful Pooh quartet. /rebates/2faudiobook2fa-a-milne-collection-winnie-the-pooh-the-house-at-pooh-corner-when-we-were-very-young-now-we-are-six-unabridged2f685564&.com252faudiobook252fa-a-milne-collection-winnie-the-pooh-the-house-at-pooh-corner-when-we-were-very-young-now-we-are-six-unabridged252f68556426afsrc3d126SID3d&idaudiobooks&nameaudiobooks&ra4. ![]()
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