Words on the West Wind: Selected Essays from The Adelphi, 1924-1950

The Adelphi was an English literary journal founded by John Middleton Murry and published between 1922 and 1955. Noted contributors included Katherine Mansfield, D. H. Lawrence, H. E Bates, and Henry Williamson. For a brief period – three issues only, beginning with the October-December 1948 issue – Henry Williamson took over the editorship from Middleton Murry, before handing the magazine on to George Godwin. However, Williamson’s first contribution to the magazine was in September 1924, wit…