The Spirit of Place, and Other Essays #374002

This collection of essays records Meynell's ideas about different aspects of life. From some pieces of correspondences to biographical sketches the work offers a brilliant amalgamation. Meynell has beautifully expressed herself in an idiosyncratic form and style.

Contents

The spirit of place -- Mrs. Dingley -- Solitude -- The lady of the lyrics -- July -- Wells -- The foot -- Have patience, little saint -- The ladies of the idyll -- A derivation -- A counterchange -- Rain -- Letters of Marceline Valmore -- The hours of sleep -- The horizon -- Habits and consciousness -- Shadows.