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==Writings== It was during his period at Whittington he wrote the bulk of his published works and founded the first public library in Oswestry.<ref name=Dickins/> In 1863β1868 he brought out a ''Commentary on the Four Gospels'' and he also wrote a manual for the Holy Communion.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=How, William Walsham|volume=13|page=829}}</ref> Published by the [[Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge]] during the 1890s under the title "Holy Communion, Preparation and Companion...together with the Collects, Epistles and Gospels" this book was widely distributed and many copies still survive today. In the movement for infusing new spiritual life into the church services, especially among the poor, How was a great force.<ref name="EB1911"/> He took a stand against what he regarded as immoral literature and [[Thomas Hardy]] claimed that he had [[book burning|burned]] a copy of his novel ''[[Jude the Obscure]]''.<ref>Slack, Robert C. ''[[Nineteenth-Century Fiction]]'' '''11'''(4) (March 1957) pp. 261β275.</ref> How was much helped in his earlier work by his wife, Frances A. Douglas (died 1887). ===Contributions to botany=== Walsham How "had an excellent knowledge of the British flora." In 1857 he was one of the founders of the Oswestry and Welshpool Naturalists' Field Club and Archaeological Society. He was at one time its president, and he contributed a paper on "The Botany of Great Orme's Head" (1865). He was also the botanical contributor to ''The Gossiping Guide for Wales.'' In 1890 he was president of the [[Yorkshire Naturalists' Union]]. His obituary in respect of his contribution to botany was published in the October 1897 issue of ''The Naturalist.''<ref>{{cite web |title=Yorkshire Naturalists' Union: YNU presidents |url=https://www.ynu.org.uk/YNU_Presidents |website=ynu.org.uk |publisher=YNU |access-date=2 January 2020 |date=2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Trimen |first1=Henry |title=Journal of Botany, British and Foreign |date=1898 |volume=v. 35 1897 |publisher=Robert Hardwicke |location=London |page=464 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8976604#page/496/mode/1up |access-date=2 January 2020}}</ref>
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