This is a collection of essays by John Galsworthy. A multitude of subjects is covered, but the essays are connected by an artistic spirit, and they are written much more like short stories than in the classical style of essays. - Summary by Carolin
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
The Inn of Tranquility
15:13 - Chapter 2
Magpie over the Hill
09:22 - Chapter 3
Sheep-Shearing
08:55 - Chapter 4
Evolution
09:00 - Chapter 5
Riding in Mist
09:31 - Chapter 6
The Procession
10:41 - Chapter 7
A Christian
12:53 - Chapter 8
Wind in the Rocks
11:09 - Chapter 9
My Distant Relative
16:29 - Chapter 10
The Black Godmother
14:56 - Chapter 11
Quality
16:37 - Chapter 12
The Grand Jury - In two Panels and a Frame
22:57 - Chapter 13
Gone
13:27 - Chapter 14
Threshing
12:34 - Chapter 15
That Old-Time Place
09:42 - Chapter 16
Romance - Three Gleams
08:36 - Chapter 17
Memories
32:13 - Chapter 18
Felicity
06:35 - Chapter 19
A Novelist's Allegory
25:20 - Chapter 20
Some Platitudes Concerning Drama
22:01 - Chapter 21
Meditation on Finality
14:08 - Chapter 22
Wanted - Schooling
11:35 - Chapter 23
Reflections on our Dislike of Things as they Are
08:29 - Chapter 24
The Windlestraw
17:22 - Chapter 25
About Censorship
25:25 - Chapter 26
Vague Thoughts on Art
35:56