EssaysFront matterReading editionChapter navigation53 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterEssays by Alice MeynellCERES’ RUNAWAYWELLSRAINTHE TOW PATHTHE TETHERED CONSTELLATIONSRUSHES AND REEDSA NORTHERN FANCYPATHOSANIMA PELLEGRINA!A POINT OF BIOGRAPHYTHE HONOURS OF MORTALITYCOMPOSURETHE LITTLE LANGUAGEA COUNTERCHANGEHARLEQUIN MERCUTIOLAUGHTERTHE RHYTHM OF LIFEDOMUS ANGUSTAINNOCENCE AND EXPERIENCETHE HOURS OF SLEEPSOLITUDEDECIVILIZEDTHE SPIRIT OF PLACEPOPULAR BURLESQUEHAVE PATIENCE, LITTLE SAINTAT MONASTERY GATESTHE SEA WALLTITHONUSSYMMETRY AND INCIDENTTHE PLAIDTHE FLOWERUNSTABLE EQUILIBRIUMVICTORIAN CARICATURETHE POINT OF HONOURTHE COLOUR OF LIFETHE HORIZONIN JULYCLOUDSHADOWSTHE SEVENTEENTH CENTURYMRS. DINGLEYPRUEMRS. JOHNSONMADAME ROLANDFELLOW TRAVELLERS WITH A BIRDTHE CHILD OF TUMULTTHE CHILD OF SUBSIDING TUMULTTHE UNREADYTHAT PRETTY PERSONUNDER THE EARLY STARSTHE ILLUSION OF HISTORIC TIMEBeginning of this editionNext chapter →Essays by Alice MeynellAll chapters and sections (53)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsEssays by Alice MeynellCERES’ RUNAWAYWELLSRAINTHE TOW PATHTHE TETHERED CONSTELLATIONSRUSHES AND REEDSA NORTHERN FANCYPATHOSANIMA PELLEGRINA!A POINT OF BIOGRAPHYTHE HONOURS OF MORTALITYCOMPOSURETHE LITTLE LANGUAGEA COUNTERCHANGEHARLEQUIN MERCUTIOLAUGHTERTHE RHYTHM OF LIFEDOMUS ANGUSTAINNOCENCE AND EXPERIENCETHE HOURS OF SLEEPSOLITUDEDECIVILIZEDTHE SPIRIT OF PLACEPOPULAR BURLESQUEHAVE PATIENCE, LITTLE SAINTAT MONASTERY GATESTHE SEA WALLTITHONUSSYMMETRY AND INCIDENTTHE PLAIDTHE FLOWERUNSTABLE EQUILIBRIUMVICTORIAN CARICATURETHE POINT OF HONOURTHE COLOUR OF LIFETHE HORIZONIN JULYCLOUDSHADOWSTHE SEVENTEENTH CENTURYMRS. DINGLEYPRUEMRS. JOHNSONMADAME ROLANDFELLOW TRAVELLERS WITH A BIRDTHE CHILD OF TUMULTTHE CHILD OF SUBSIDING TUMULTTHE UNREADYTHAT PRETTY PERSONUNDER THE EARLY STARSTHE ILLUSION OF HISTORIC TIMETranscribed from the 1914 Burns & Oates edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk◇Essays by Alice Meynell →