H.E. Bates Companion

London: Michael Joseph, 1980. A posthumous collection, not to be confused with the selection of short stories made by Bates in 1963, the English title of which is Seven by Five but the American title of which is The Best of H.E. Bates.

Reviews:
Times Literary Supplement (January 9, 1981, p. 7, Valentine Cunningham, attached)

Contains: Fair Stood the Wind for France, The Purple Plain, The Darling Buds of May, The Triple Echo, The Four Beauties, The Simple Life, The Bedfordshire Clanger, The Major of Hussars, The Wild Cherry Tree, The Little Farm, Great Uncle Crow.