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  • Approaching "Beatrix's side" of Windermere, on the ferry from Bowness
  • Photo: J. Sullivan

Dear Beatrix Potter Admirers,

The Beatrix Potter Society

Welcome back to another mix of articles, events and happenings - it is always an adventure to see where Beatrix will take us!

Interested in learning more about Beatrix Potter?

Consider joining the Society. Meet others who are passionate about Beatrix Potter, her life and works. You will also receive

the quarterly Journal and Newsletter, full of

Society News

The Society's Committee, following the AGM in early March:

interesting articles about Miss Potter and the Society's efforts and events.

Find the Membership form for download, and more information about the Society here.

Save the Date:

May 20, 2017:

Spring Meeting, Sloane Club, London.

Rear row, l to r: Angela Black, Meetings Secretary; Miranda Gore Browne; Sue Smith, Treasurer; Helen Duder, Archivist and merchandise specialist. Front row, l to r: Rowena Godfrey, Chairman; Kathy Cole,

June 9-11, 2017:

"Beatrix Potter in New London on the Thames River: A Symposium at the Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives", Connecticut College, New London, CT.

  • Secretary
  • Photo: Betsy Bray

The Society is still looking for Members to take over the roles of Treasurer, Sales Manager, and Editor of the Journal and Newsletter, as well as someone to help create publications. If you can volunteer, please contact

[email protected].

September 9-10, 2017:

Autumn Meeting, Lake District, UK.

December 2, 2017:

Festive Gathering, Sloane Club, London.

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Read the previous issue of "Pottering About" here.

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Matthew Dennison,

Visit the Society's web page:

The Beatrix Potter Society

author of Over the Hills and Far Away: The Life of Beatrix Potter, gave a

talk for the annual Linder Lecture,

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following the AGM.

Pottering About Editor:

Janet Sullivan

Photo: Betsy Bray

When filling your calendar, please consider our

forthcoming events: the Spring Meeting, May 20, at The Sloane Club in London; the Symposium at Connecticut College in New London, CT (US), June 9-11; the Autumn Meeting in the Lake District, September 9-10; and our Festive Gathering, December 2 in London. Details of all these will be announced on the website and in the April or July J&N. A new membership leaflet will shortly be available for download from the website. PayPal will be installed for sales, which should make payments to the Society much easier to carry out.

In Other News:

An op-ed by James Rebanks in The New York Times on March

1 was noticed by many of you. While not directly related to Beatrix, the opinions are ones she might well have been in agreement with, and she shared Rebanks' love of Herdwicks, and his respect for the traditions of fell farming. In any case, it is an engaging read that you can find through this link.

In The Telegraph (UK), a write-up about David Birkett, subject of a BBC documentary on life in the Lakes. Beatrix Potter appointed Birkett's great grandfather, Joe Gregg, her advising shepherd when she bought Mill Beck Farm in Langdale. Birkett says he never met Beatrix but his grandfather did, when he was a boy. "At all the sheep fairs she used to give him money to buy sweets." The full article can be found here.

A Smithsonian article does an excellent job (with help from Rowena Godfrey and Linda Lear!) of relating Beatrix's merchandising efforts, noting just how far ahead of her time she was.

Beatrix's first patented toy was Peter Rabbit in 1903. One of these, dated between 1904 and 1906, recently sold at auction for £1200. Isn't he lovely?

Updates:

Photo: Barnebys

Nantwich News and The Sentinel report

that the 38-foot tall Peter Rabbit constructed at Snugbury's ice cream farm, one of last summer's nods to Beatrix's 150th, was destroyed by arson in February. Happily, Hannah, Kitty and Cleo Sadler, the "Snugbury's sisters" have confirmed that Peter will be rebuilt, thanks to a fundraising campaign that achieved its goal in 48 hours. The sisters say, "Huge thank you to those who have offered to volunteer their time and donated, and to all the kind words of support. We would like to make a special mention to Penguin Random House, who have also donated towards the rebuild...!"

Photos: Snugbury's

The decline of the red squirrel in the UK is in the news again,

with a program now underway to kill the invading greys and monitor the squirrel population. Karen Brulliard's article in The Washington Post has links to further sites and articles, brings Beatrix's Squirrel Nutkin and Timmy Tiptoes into the fray, and references Linda Lear. A colourful map shows how much the reds have dwindled.

Marcus Crocker's figure of Squirrel Nutkin, one of several that appeared around London last spring in honour of the 150th anniversary, seen here in

  • front of Buckingham Palace.
  • Photo: David Parry

The uproar over the rare books in Maurice Sendak's estate,

including a number of Beatrix's little books, has been settled. You may recall that the Sendak estate was arguing that the rare editions willed to the Rosenbach Museum and Library should remain part of the Sendak Foundation. Two years later, it has been decided that 643 books will stay at the Rosenbach, and 252 will go to the estate. The Potter books will remain at the Rosenbach (reputed to be the largest collection of Potter books in the US and the third-largest in the world). The article at philly.com has more information and photos. If anyone happens to be near Philadelphia, a representation of the collection (including some of the Potter books) will be on display at the Rosenbach until April 30.

Deborah Schakel (Holland, MI) noticed a nearby Beatrix Potter exhibit mentioned in her local paper and hurried to catch it before it closed, January 22. She sends this report:
"Last November, Darlene DeHudy, a reference librarian at Muskegon Community College, spotted a collection of fifty Beatrix Potter figurines at an estate sale. Worried that the collection would not be intact at the half-price time, and overhearing a comment, "May we just buy the frog?" she hopped forward and - just like Mr. McGregor - bagged Peter, Jeremy Fisher and friends. To celebrate Beatrix's 150th,

Darlene created a captivating display at the College that included her new figurines, copies of the little books, books that Beatrix might have read, artifacts, quotes, photographs, and information from the Warne website. Darlene has been a lifelong fan of Beatrix Potter and says,
"loving her books was instantaneous and everlasting. I am proud to tell her story and lift up her achievements via the display." As a BPS Member and Potter performer, I was intrigued and arranged to meet Darlene and see the display. A new little book of friendship begins. Thank you, Beatrix."

Photos: Deborah Schakel and Darlene DeHudy

Coming Up:

An auction of note on March 30: Forum Auctions, London, has

first editions of most (possibly all) of the little books, including the privately-published editions of The Tale of Peter

Rabbit and The Tailor of Gloucester. Also included are several of

the Nister books and Beatrix's own copies of A Window in

Thrums and The Etchingham Letters.

In the UK:

Mandy Marshall and Castle Cottage will be featured in the

series "Back to the Land" with Kate Humble, Tuesday, March 21 at 8:00 p.m. on BBC2. Watch for a repeat to be listed on Sunday, March 26 in the afternoon.

"Beatrix Potter's London", in Gallery 102 of the Victoria & Albert Museum, has been extended until June 20. If you haven't seen it and will be in London this spring, be sure to set aside a little time to take in the exhibit. Next up, from June 22 until January 28, 2018, will be "Into the Woods" with images of trees in illustration, including four by Beatrix.

In the US:

Tuesday, June 13, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

The Tale of Beatrix Potter Tea, W.K. Kellogg Manor House,

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