The Note-Books of Samuel Butler

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Note-Books of Samuel Butler by Henry Festing Jones; Samuel Butler. Read in English by Kristin Lewis; Ellies; Mayah; Barbara Baker; Colleen McMahon; Rebecca N; Foon; KHand; 5pak Early in his life Samuel Butler began to carry a note-book and to write down in it anything he wanted to remember; it might be something he heard some one say, more commonly it was something he said himself. In one of these notes he gives a reason for making them: “One’s thoughts fly so fast that one must shoot them; it is no use trying to put salt on their tails.” So he bagged as many as he could hit and preserved them, re-written on loose sheets of paper which constituted a sort of museum stored with the wise, beautiful, and strange creatures that were continually winging their way across the field of his vision. As he became a more expert marksman his collection increased and his museum grew so crowded that he wanted a catalogue. In 1874 he started an index, and this led to his reconsidering the notes, destroying those that he remembered having used in his published books and re-writing the remainder. The re-writing shortened some but it lengthened others and suggested so many ne…

Directors & creators

Henry Festing Jones; Samuel Butler

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;non-fiction; memoirs; biography; england; 1902; notebook; notes; 2018

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