This is the flyleaf:

NODDING WOLD
A Friendly Man's account of what he found there and of the folk he met The Author of The Shining Highway
and Winter Journey, having settled
down in an old house in the country,
writes smpathetically and often
humorously of the twelve months
he spends in Nodding Wold.
He and his wife find life abundantly
interesting; and though they discover
that village folk are not always easy
to understand, they make real friends
and meet men and women of sterling
character. In dark days such as these -
for the shadow of war finally creeps
over Nodding Wold – it is good to be
reminded, as we are in these kindly,
understanding pages, that there is
much to thank God fpr and that life
is essentially clean and sweet.

First published 1940 (Epworth)