Henry Arthur JONES

Background

JONES, Henry Arthur was born on September 28, 1851 in Grandborough, Buckinghamshire. Son of Silvanus Jones, fanner.

Education

Winslow, Buckinghamshire. Honourable Master of Arts.

Career

Graduating B.A. in 1873, he was articled to a solicitor. He qualified in the profession in 1876. From 1887, he was Butler's paid companion and musical collaborator.

Butler had settled in 1864 in Clifford's Inn, London, where he lived for the rest of his life, dying in 1902. Jones lived in Barnard's Inn and Staple Inn during Butler's lifetime. He advised Butler's executors (Reginald Worsley, and R A Streatfeild who was literary executor).

He organised annual "Erewhon Dinners" in Butler's memory, from 1908 to 1914, at the suggestion of Marcus Hartog. P. N. Furbank has criticised the editorial stance Jones took, and the effort to make Butler "respectable", of the years before the Memoir appeared. In 1910 Jones met Francis Darwin, in an attempt to give closure to the feud between Butler and Charles Darwin that had arisen around 1880.

There resulted his pamphlet Charles Darwin and Samuel Butler: A Step toward Reconciliation (1911). Jones published a well-regarded selection The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912), after Desmond MacCarthy had seen the originals, and published extracts in the New Quarterly Review. The editing of this work has been seen as involving false emphasis and polishing of the originals, producing an effect of a "cross between Oscar Wilde and Dr Johnson".

Jones edited Butler's works with Augustus Theodore Bartholomew, known as Theo and a librarian and bibliographer in Cambridge, in 20 volumes appearing 1923–6. On Bartholomew's death in 1933, Geoffrey Keynes became his literary executor, taking on also the papers of Jones and Butler, acting with Brian Hill. Through Theo Bartholomew, Jones came to know Siegfried Sassoon, meeting after World War I.

Sassoon and others knew him as "Enrico". They corresponded, and Sassoon found Jones a sympathetic audience. Bartholomew and Mansfield Forbes visited Jones, and gave him "guru" status.

Achievements

• His biography of Butler, entitled Samuel Butler, Author of Erewhon (1835–1902) — A Memoir, won the inaugural James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography in 1919.

Works

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  • The Triumph of the Philistines: And How Mr. Jorgan Preserved the Morals of Market Pewbury (Primary Sources, Historical Collections)

    (This book, from the series Primary Sources: Historical Bo...)

  • The Case Of Rebellious Susan; A Comedy In Three Acts FACSIMILE

    (HIGH QUALITY FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION: Jones, Henry Arthur:...)

  • The triumph of the Philistines : and how Mr. Jorgan preserved the morals of Market Pewbury under very trying circumstances : a comedy in three acts

    (This book was originally published prior to 1923, and rep...)

  • The Manoeuvres Of Jane, An Original Comedy In Four Acts FACSIMILE

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  • The Case Of Rebellious Susan - A Comedy in Three Acts

    (Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating bac...)

  • A Clerical Error: A Comedy in One Act (Hardback) - Common

    (This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfec...)

  • The tempter: a tragedy in verse in four acts

    (This book was digitized and reprinted from the collection...)

  • The Triumph of the Philistines and How Mr. Jorgan Preserved the Morals of Market Pewbury Under, Very Trying Circumstances: A Comedy in Three (Classic Reprint)

    (Psalms of David with a livelier and lustier relish than a...)

  • The Middleman a Play in Four Acts (Classic Reprint)

    (The Middleman a Play in Four A cts was written by Henry A...)

  • Joseph Entangled: A Comedy in Three Acts

    (This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curat...)

  • Joseph Entangled: A Comedy in Three Acts Entangled (Classic Reprint)

    (Excerpt from Joseph Entangled: A Comedy in Three Acts Ent...)

  • The Triumph of the Philistines: And How Mr. Jorgan Preserved the Morals of Market Pewbury Under Very

    (This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curat...)

  • The Masqueraders

    (This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curat...)

  • Representative Plays: The Crusaders, The Tempter, The Masqueraders, The Case of Rebellious Susan (Volume 2)

    (The Crusaders The Tempter The Masqueraders The Case of Re...)

  • Chance, the idol: a play in four Acts

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  • The Case Of Rebellious Susan: A Comedy In Three Acts

    (This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of th...)

  • A Clerical Error: A Comedy in One Act

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  • Joseph entangled; a comedy in three acts

    (This historic book may have numerous typos and missing te...)

  • The dancing girl, a drama

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  • The Chevaleer; A Comedy in Three Acts

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  • The Triumph of the Philistines: And How Mr. Jorgan Preserved the Morals of Market Pewbury Under Very Trying Circumstances, a Comedy in Three Acts (Classic Reprint)

    (Excerpt from The Triumph of the Philistines: And How Mr. ...)

  • The Triumph Of The Philistines, A Comedy...

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  • The Case of Rebellious Susan: A Comedy in Three Acts - Primary Source Edition

    (This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. T...)

  • The Chevaleer: A Comedy In Three Acts

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  • The Dancing Girl: A Drama in Four Acts

    (This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. T...)

  • The tempter; a tragedy in verse in four acts

    (This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. T...)

  • The dancing girl; a drama in four acts

    (This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. T...)

  • The Dancing Girl: A Drama in Four Acts 1907

    (Originally published in 1907. This volume from the Cornel...)

  • The Tempter: A Tragedy in Verse in Four Acts 1893

    (Originally published in 1893. This volume from the Cornel...)

  • Joseph Entangled: A Comedy in Three Acts 1906

    (Originally published in 1906. This volume from the Cornel...)

  • The Triumph of the Philistines: And how Mr. Jorgan Preserved the Morals of ... 1899 Hardcover

    (Lang:- English, Pages 139. Reprinted in 2015 with the hel...)

  • The Case of Rebellious Susan: A Comedy in Three Acts 1909 Hardcover

    (Lang:- English, Pages 172. Reprinted in 2015 with the hel...)

  • The Case of Rebellious Susan: A Comedy in Three Acts 1894 Hardcover

    (Lang:- English, Pages 137. Reprinted in 2015 with the hel...)

  • The Manceuvres or Jane (or Manoeuvres)

    (Poetry & Plays)

  • The bauble shop
  • The Manoeuvres of Jane
  • The Case of Rebellious Susan Criterion Theatre Programme 1894
  • The Tempter
  • Joseph Entangled
  • The Manoeuvres of Jane an Original Comedy in Four Acts
  • Whitewashing Julia
  • Whitewashing Julia An Original Comedy in three Acts and an Epilogue
  • The Case of Rebellious Susan
  • A Clerical Error: a Comedy in One Act
  • The tempter: A tragedy in verse in four acts (Volume 20)

Membership

Club: Reform.

• Club: Reform.

Interests

• Riding, cycling.

Connections

Friend:

Edward Hall