Studies and Essays: Concerning Letters

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Title: Essays Concerning Letters
Author: John Galsworthy
Release Date: October 27, 2006 [EBook #2902]
Language: English
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STUDIES AND ESSAYS
By John Galsworthy
"Je vous dirai que l'exces est toujours un mal."
—ANATOLE FRANCE
CONCERNING LETTERS
TABLE OF CONTENTS: A NOVELIST'S ALLEGORY SOME PLATITUDES CONCERNING DRAMA
MEDITATION ON FINALITY WANTED—SCHOOLING ON OUR DISLIKE OF THINGS AS THEY ARE
THE WINDLESTRAWA NOVELIST'S ALLEGORY
Once upon a time the Prince of Felicitas had occasion to set forth on a journey. It was a late autumn evening with few
pale stars and a moon no larger than the paring of a finger-nail. And as he rode through the purlieus of his city, the white
mane of his amber-coloured steed was all that he could clearly see in the dusk of the high streets. His way led through a
quarter but little known to him, and he was surprised to find that his horse, instead of ambling forward with his customary
gentle vigour, stepped carefully from side to side, stopping now and then to curve his neck and prick ...