First proof copy of Hudson's Green mansions, with about 90 corrections in the author's hand, all of which appeared in the published book. "First proof" stamps t

First published in 1904, Hudson's jungle love story became instantly popular, inciting a cultural obsession with "jungle girls." While some critics have noted t

Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest is an exotic romance by the British-Argentine naturalist William Henry Hudson. The story tells of a traveller t