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Baring-Gould Links |
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Ron Wawman has put this site together with details of the book based on his transcription of Sabine Baring-Gould’s diary. It also contains a number of other important transcriptions of documents and correspondence associated with Baring-Gould that add considerably to our knowledge about him |
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Songs of the West - Sabine Baring-Gould This site contains a wealth of detail about Baring-Gould's activities collecting folk song in Devon and Cornwall, together with a number of articles by Martin Graebe. Several of the songs collected by Baring-Gould are included on the site and two special collections: 'Women's Songs' and 'Children's Songs' taken from the manuscripts.
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A new site, supported by the English Folk Dance and Song Society that will become a major on-line repository for folk music and song. The page about Baring-Gould is edited by Martin Graebe
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A small press, run by SBGAS member Becky Smith (aka Rebecca Tope) and specialising in re-publishing books by Baring-Gould
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Another small press which recently produced a reprint of Baring-Gould's 'Iceland: its scenes and sagas' with a new introduction by Martin Graebe. They have some other great books as well, mainly classic travel books and cultural studies |
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Devon's own deeply loved RSC! The enthusiastic amateur dramaticists who have brought memorable productions of 'Red Spider' and 'Kitty Alone' to the stages of West Devon as well as many other great projects.
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Baring-Gould Books On-line |
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There are now a number of complete texts of books by Sabine Baring-Gould to be found on-line. The three main sources are:
This is the largest and most useful repository of texts that I have found and a search for Baring-Gould will yield more that 50 full texts that you can read on-line or download. The on-line reader is much clearer and faster than reading PDF files, though you can download PDFs or text to your computer for study at your leisure.
Another massive collection of electronic texts, both books and magazine articles. I find it frustrating that the search, like many of the searches of on-line newspapers, pulls out all the publisher’s adverts for books as well as the full texts. The texts are presented as PDF files and can be slow to download.
Another large on-line collection which contains four Baring-Gould books at present - A Book of Werewolves, Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe, In Troubadour Land, and The Village Pulpit Vol II.
There are also some texts to be found in other places. I have checked the previous list on this page and I found that two previously listed could no longer be found - but the collections listed above more than compensate for their loss. Here are the ones that I know about :
Fiction:
Non-fiction: Curious Myths of the Middle Ages (part only)
Other articles: Essay on English Folk Music
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An article about Sabine's poetry transcribed from Wright's 'West-Country Poets: Their Lives and Works. The same site also gives the transcription from the same source of the article about Jonas Coaker of Postbridge from whom Baring-Gould collected songs.
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Literary Heritage - West Midlands This project focuses on writers associated with Shropshire and the West Midlands and is responsible for the complete texts of 'Bladys of the Stewponey' and 'The Frobishers' mentioned above. You will also find a brief biography of Sabine and notes on the novels.
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A collection of photographs of Dartmoor, including many by Baring-Gould’s friend, Robert Burnard.
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