Walter Raymond

For other people named Walter Raymond, see Walter Raymond (disambiguation).
Walter Raymond
Raymond in February 1895 edition of The Bookman (New York)
Raymond in February 1895 edition of The Bookman (New York)
Born13 March 1852
Died2 April 1931 (1931-04-03) (aged 79)
Southampton, England
OccupationNovelist
SpouseMary Johnston
Children8

Walter Raymond (13 March 1852 – 2 April 1931) was an English novelist.

He wrote many novels between 1890 and 1928, primarily based in Somerset, and also wrote under the pseudonym Tom Cobbleigh. Some of his titles include Gentleman Upcott's Daughter (1892), Love and Quiet Life (1894),[1] Fortune's Darling (1901), and Verity Thurston (1926).

Walter Raymond married Mary Johnston in 1878. They had five daughters and three sons.[2] He died in Southampton on 2 April 1931 at the age of 79.[3][4][5] There is a memorial to him in Yeovil Public Library in Somerset, designed by William Worrall.[6]

Raymond's work is long out of print and currently gets little attention, although some novels are now available for free online.[7]

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Selected publications

  • Love and quiet life. 1894.
  • Tryphena in love. 1895.
  • Raymond, Walter (1895). In the smoke of war; a story of civil strife.
  • Charity Chance. 1896.
  • Two men o' Mendip. 1899.[8]
  • A tangled web. 1899.
  • Raymond, Walter (1906). The book of simple delights.
  • The book of crafts and character. 1907.
  • English country life. 1910. 1911 edition.
  • The revenues of the wicked. 1911.

as Tom Cobbleigh

References

  1. ^ (24 December 1894). More Prose Bucolics (book review), The New York Times
  2. ^ "Walter Raymond". Exmoor National Park.
  3. ^ (3 April 1931). Walter Raymond, Novelist, Dies at 79, The New York Times
  4. ^ Walter Raymond: Author of "Gentleman Upcott's Daughter," "Love and Quiet Life," Etc., The Bookman (New York), p. 13-15 (February 1895)
  5. ^ Dole, Nathan Haskell, et al. The Bibliophile Dictionary: A Biographical Record of the Great Authors, p. 494 (1904) (reprinted 2004)
  6. ^ ‘Walter Raymond memorial’ in Western Gazette, 9 February 1940, and ‘Memorial to Walter Raymond: Mrs J. B. Clark unveils plaque’ in Taunton Courier, 2 August 1947
  7. ^ "Walter Raymond". Somerset History. Archived from the original on 24 June 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2019.[self-published source]
  8. ^ "Review of Two Men o' Mendip by Walter Raymond". The Athenaeum (3725). 18 March 1899.