Besides Saintsbury
, another important early and lifelong friend of HW
from an older generation was George Pritchard Taylor
, a missionary in India whom she met in 1914 on one of his rare visits...
Reception
Helen Waddell
In her late years when her mind was deranged, HW
destroyed many of her letters. Those which she received from George Pritchard Taylor
she had already mutilated by cutting out her own name.
Waddell, Helen. “Acknowledgements; Note; Introduction”. Between Two Eternities, edited by Felicitas Corrigan, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1993, pp. viii - ix, 1.
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Wealth and Poverty
Helen Waddell
George Pritchard Taylor
, perceiving the restrictions and impotence of HW
's life with her stepmother, secured her permission to give her money to buy books. Being childless, he gradually increased his benefactions until he...