Henry Festing Jones: 5 books

3 works of Henry Festing Jones Friend and posthumous biographer of Samuel Butler (1851-1928) This ebook presents a collection of 3 works of Henry Festing Jones. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: Castellinaria, and Other Sicilian Diversions Diversions in Sicily Samuel Butler - A Sketch

One wet Saturday evening in May I found myself at Castelvetrano consulting Angelo, the guide, about the weather. His opinion was that it would clear up during the night; I said that if it did we would go to Selinunte, and this confirmed his view; so, on the understanding that there was to be no rain,...

Samuel Butler was born on the 4th December, 1835, at the Rectory, Langar, near Bingham, in Nottinghamshire. His father was the Rev. Thomas Butler, then Rector of Langar, afterwards one of the canons of Lincoln Cathedral, and his mother was Fanny Worsley, daughter of John Philip Worsley of Arno’s Vale,...

It has often occurred to the Author that there are two principal defects in the existing treatises on the game of Whist—the one that the principles of play are, in general, laid down as so many isolated and arbitrary conventions, the reasons upon which such principles are based being seldom, if...

This is a unique biography since Jones was a close friend of Samuel Butler. In this work the great author is seen through the eyes of a friend. With intricate details and profound depth this is an engrossing work.