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TOPIC: The Man Whom The Trees Loved
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 8 2008 6:46 pm
From: "Edward Frank"

ENTS,

Here is an interesting story ( http://ia331341.us.archive.org/2/items/themanwhomthetre11377gut/11377-8.txt ) 123 kb

THE MAN WHOM THE TREES LOVED by ALGERNON BLACKWOOD 1912

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He painted trees as by some special divining instinct of their essential
qualities. He understood them. He knew why in an oak forest, for
instance, each individual was utterly distinct from its fellows, and why
no two beeches in the whole world were alike. People asked him down to
paint a favorite lime or silver birch, for he caught the individuality
of a tree as some catch the individuality of a horse. How he managed it
was something of a puzzle, for he never had painting lessons, his
drawing was often wildly inaccurate, and, while his perception of a Tree
Personality was true and vivid, his rendering of it might almost
approach the ludicrous. Yet the character and personality of that
particular tree stood there alive beneath his brush--shining, frowning,
dreaming, as the case might be, friendly or hostile, good or evil. It
emerged....

== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 8 2008 7:21 pm
From: JamesRobertSmith

I have a volume of his collected stories. He's considered one of the
great writers of ghost stories.

== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 8 2008 7:37 pm
From: "Edward Frank"

Bob,

I have a short story collection of his entitled "The Insanity of Jones and Other Tales" That is why the name Algernon Blackwood caught my eye when looking for trees and text on the www.archive.org website.

Ed