Escape, and Other Essays

by Arthur Christopher Benson

ESCAPE

AND OTHER ESSAYS

By ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSON

I love people that leave some traces of their journey behind them, and I have strength enough to advise you to do so while you can. —Thomas Gray.

NEW YORK

1915

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction 1. Escape 2. Literature and Life 3. The New Poets 4. Walt Whitman 5. Charm 6. Sunset 7. The House of Pengersick 8. Villages 9. Dreams 10. The Visitant 11. That Other One 12. Schooldays 13. Authorship 14. Herb Moly and Heartsease 15. Behold, This Dreamer Cometh

NOTE

I desire to recourd my obligations to the Editor of the Century Magazine, and to the Editor of the Cornhill Magazine, for their permission to include in this volume certain essays which appeared first in their pages.