H.E. Bates Companion

A paragraph, one of many submitted to The Countryman magazine on its 20th anniversary, in which Bates writes: "The Countryman has established itself as the indisputable touchstone on all matters of the countryside. It is more than a magazine; it is a very human cyclopedia of rural feeling and thought. Its attitude and contribution to our time are even more needed now than when it began its career a quarter of a century ago." The heading indicates that previous issues included similar congratulatory sentiments (note that Eads called it "Greetings from our Readers"). In The Countryman (Spring 1947, xxxv, 1, p. 14). 11/09