Early mountaineering,

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 21724B.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004222860
      (alternative) (WlAbNL)0000222860
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1869-1874 /
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 34 ff. Guarded and filed.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Three letters, 1869-1874, to James Kenward, FSA ('Elfynydd'), writer and poet, from H. B. Biden of Nottingham and London. They describe in detail walks and climbs in Snowdonia, South Wales and the Lake District, and include notes and comments on flora, geology, local guides and lodgings, the death of [John Williams] ab Ithel, Llandanwg church, co. Merioneth, the effects on the landscape of industrial and other development, guidebooks to Wales, Kenward's For Cambria: themes in verse and prose (London, 1868), and Oriel: a study in Eighteen Hundred and Seventy (London, 1871), and Biden's own publishing problems.

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Acquisition Information

Henry Sotheran Ltd.; London; Purchase; 1981

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 21724B.

Additional Information

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