Clark 12-1-36 33191 FOREWORD THE title of this book is taken from a word in use among the people of Wiltshire. "Shepherd's Crowns" is the country name for the fossilised seaurchins that are found occasionally on its chalky Plain. I must express my thanks to the Editor of The Spectator for his kind permission to include Miss Hoper's verse in the essay called "the Singing of Birds." For much that I have tried to suggest in the pages of "The Way," I would like to make my acknowledgment to the author of "The Fruits of Silence." |