ABSTRACT

But there is so much beauty, so much strength, so much sanity in this short book, that our chief thoughts of it must be thoughts of gratitude. Its readers will turn, again and again, to these virile and pleasant pages, and especially to those which tell of England's natural beauty, of the sylvan Thames, and of the Oxfordshire meadows. Like that other Oxford poet, who loved 'the shy Thames shore,' Mr. Morris consoles and heartens us. We see, our eyes clear of city smoke,

This thorough discussion, entitled 'A Materialist's Paradise', is by the novelist and essayistM. H. Hewlett (1861-1923).