................................................................................................
................................................................................................
Studies and Essays, Complete; by John Galsworthy.
Studies and Essays, Complete; by John Galsworthy.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
The Complete Essays of John Galsworthy
by John Galsworthy
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4153998470
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
CONTENTS
CONCERNING LIFE, Part 1.
THE INN OF TRANQUILLITY
MAGPIE OVER THE HILL
SHEEP-SHEARING
EVOLUTION
RIDING IN MIST
THE PROCESSION
A CHRISTIAN
WIND IN THE ROCKS
MY DISTANT RELATIVE
THE BLACK GODMOTHER
CONCERNING LIFE, Part 2.
QUALITY
THE GRAND JURY—IN TWO PANELS AND A FRAME
GONE
THRESHING
THAT OLD-TIME PLACE
ROMANCE—THREE GLEAMS
MEMORIES
FELICITY
STUDIES AND ESSAYS CONCERNING LETTERS
A NOVELIST'S ALLEGORY
SOME PLATITUDES CONCERNING DRAMA
MEDITATION ON FINALITY
WANTED-SCHOOLING
REFLECTIONS ON OUR DISLIKE OF THINGS AS THEY ARE
THE WINDLESTRAW
CENSORSHIP AND ART
ABOUT CENSORSHIP
VAGUE THOUGHTS ON ART
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
Studies and Essays
CONCERNING LIFE, Part 1.
THE INN OF TRANQUILLITY
MAGPIE OVER THE HILL
SHEEP-SHEARING
EVOLUTION
RIDING IN MIST
THE PROCESSION
A CHRISTIAN
WIND IN THE ROCKS
MY DISTANT RELATIVE
THE BLACK GODMOTHER
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
The Inn of Tranquillity, by John Galsworthy.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
A chance glimpse of the place, and its owner, later brings an epiphany, about universe, to the protagonist, as the visitors lay resting in sun, shaded by olive trees, on a cliff overlooking the sea.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
May 31, 2021 - May 31, 2021.
................................................
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
MAGPIE OVER THE HILL by John Galsworthy.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
"And so I lay, hearing their sober talk and gazing at their sober little figures, till I awoke and knew I had dreamed all that little allegory of sacred and profane love, and from it had returned to reason, knowing no more than ever which was which."
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
May 31, 2021 - May 31, 2021.
................................................
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
SHEEP-SHEARING by John Galsworthy.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
The protagonist muses over universe after watching sheep being sheared.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
May 31, 2021 - May 31, 2021.
................................................
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
EVOLUTION by John Galsworthy.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
About the effect of industrial age on people dependent on work of an older era, when they have lived hand to mouth and aren't young enough to change.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
May 31, 2021 - May 31, 2021.
................................................
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
RIDING IN MIST by John Galsworthy.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
A vivid account of the ride in mist, being lost, and safe again, that Galsworthy makes picturesque.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
May 31, 2021 - May 31, 2021.
................................................
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
THE PROCESSION by John Galsworthy.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
Galsworthy sees beauty in a procession of protest by poorly dressed - and poor - women working in industry.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
May 31, 2021 - May 31, 2021.
................................................
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
A CHRISTIAN by John Galsworthy.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
Galsworthy questions precepts and forms of the faith, specifically when a woman suffering in her marriage is concerned.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
May 31, 2021 - May 31, 2021.
................................................
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
WIND IN THE ROCKS by John Galsworthy.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
Having climbed in alps above Italy, author is brought to contemplation of fragility of life.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
May 31, 2021 - May 31, 2021.
................................................
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
MY DISTANT RELATIVE by John Galsworthy.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
An upper class man who argues against dole.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
May 31, 2021 - May 31, 2021.
................................................
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
THE BLACK GODMOTHER by John Galsworthy.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
About the dreadful way stray dogs are treated.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
May 31, 2021 - May 31, 2021.
................................................
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
May 31, 2021 - May 31, 2021.
................................................
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
Studies and Essays
CONCERNING LIFE,
Part 2.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
QUALITY
THE GRAND JURY—IN TWO PANELS AND A FRAME
GONE
THRESHING
THAT OLD-TIME PLACE
ROMANCE—THREE GLEAMS
MEMORIES
FELICITY
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
Studies and Essays: Quality and Others, by John Galsworthy.
Studies and Essays: Quality and Others, by John Galsworthy.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
QUALITY by John Galsworthy.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
Who but John Galsworthy would, not only wax poetic, but make the reader feel one with it, about a topic such as boots, and making thereof? And yet, of course, it's much more. One immediately recalls his piece on plight of old drivers of hansom cabs in an era when taxis were prevalent and horse drawn vehicles only chosen by elderly women, and this belongs with that, telling of quality bootmakers who made superior pieces to fit each client individually, while larger corporations took over the market via advertising and cheaper products.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
June 01, 2021 - June 01, 2021.
................................................
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
THE GRAND JURY—IN TWO PANELS AND A FRAME
by John Galsworthy.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
"PANEL I"
"It was exactly as if, without word said, we had each been swearing the other to some secret compact to protect Society. As if we had been whispering to each other something like this: "These women—of course, we need them, but for all that we can't possibly recognise them as within the Law; we can't do that without endangering the safety of every one of us. In this matter we are trustees for all men—indeed, even for ourselves, for who knows at what moment we might not ourselves require their services, and it would be exceedingly awkward if their word were considered the equal of our own!" Not one of us, certainly said anything so crude as this; none the less did many of us feel it. Then the foreman, looking slowly round the table, said: "Well, gentlemen, I think we are all agreed to throw out this bill"; and all, except the painter, the Jew, and one other, murmured: "Yes.""
"From the movement of her fingers about her heart I could not but see that this grief of hers was not about the money. It was the inarticulate outburst of a bitter sense of deep injustice; of all the dumb wondering at her own fate that went about with her behind that broad stolid face and bosom. This loss of the money was but a symbol of the furtive, hopeless insecurity she lived with day and night, now forced into the light, for herself and all the world to see. She felt it suddenly a bitter, unfair thing. This beastly little man did not share her insecurity. None of us shared it—none of us, who had brought her down to this."
"PANEL II"
" ... How, in every wave was a particle that had known the shore of every land; and in each sparkle of the hot sunlight stealing up that bright water into the sky, the microcosm of all change and of all unity!"
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
June 01, 2021 - June 02, 2021.
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
GONE by John Galsworthy.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
"The dead do not suffer from their rest in beauty. But the living—-!"
................................................
................................................
................................................"The dead do not suffer from their rest in beauty. But the living—-!"
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
June 02, 2021 - June 02, 2021.
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
THRESHING by John Galsworthy.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
"Thus to work in the free air for the good of all and the hurt of none, without worry or the breath of acrimony—surely no phase of human life so nears the life of the truly civilised community—the life of a hive of bees."
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
June 02, 2021 - June 02, 2021.
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
THAT OLD-TIME PLACE by John Galsworthy.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
About an old time building in New Orleans that housed the slave market in old times.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
June 02, 2021 - June 02, 2021.
................................................
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
ROMANCE—THREE GLEAMS by John Galsworthy.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
Romantic about sea gulls.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
June 02, 2021 - June 02, 2021.
................................................
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
MEMORIES by John Galsworthy.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
About a dog, from puppy days on.
" ... Yet always, even in his most cosseted and idle days, he managed to preserve the grave preoccupation of one professionally concerned with retrieving things that smell; and consoled himself with pastimes such as cricket, which he played in a manner highly specialised, following the ball up the moment it left the bowler's hand, and sometimes retrieving it before it reached the batsman. When remonstrated with, he would consider a little, hanging out a pink tongue and looking rather too eagerly at the ball, then canter slowly out to a sort of forward short leg. Why he always chose that particular position it is difficult to say; possibly he could lurk there better than anywhere else, the batsman's eye not being on him, and the bowler's not too much. As a fieldsman he was perfect, but for an occasional belief that he was not merely short leg, but slip, point, midoff, and wicket-keep; and perhaps a tendency to make the ball a little "jubey." But he worked tremendously, watching every movement; for he knew the game thoroughly, and seldom delayed it more than three minutes when he secured the ball. And if that ball were really lost, then indeed he took over the proceedings with an intensity and quiet vigour that destroyed many shrubs, and the solemn satisfaction which comes from being in the very centre of the stage."
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
June 02, 2021 - June 02, 2021.
................................................
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
FELICITY by John Galsworthy.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
A feast of nature's beauty description from Galsworthy.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
June 02, 2021 - June 02, 2021.
Purchased June 12, 2021
Kindle Edition, 44 pages
Published May 12th 2012
(first published September 24th 2004)
Original Title:-
Studies and Essays: Quality and Others
ASIN:- B0082ZK18Q
................................................
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
STUDIES AND ESSAYS CONCERNING LETTERS
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
STUDIES AND ESSAYS CONCERNING LETTERS
A NOVELIST'S ALLEGORY
SOME PLATITUDES CONCERNING DRAMA
MEDITATION ON FINALITY
WANTED-SCHOOLING
REFLECTIONS ON OUR DISLIKE OF THINGS AS THEY ARE
THE WINDLESTRAW
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
Studies and Essays: Concerning Letters by John Galsworthy.
Studies and Essays: Concerning Letters by John Galsworthy.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
A NOVELIST'S ALLEGORY
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
When a lantern holder is blamed for every consequence of light of his lantern enabling people to see.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
June 02, 2021 - June 02, 2021.
................................................
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
SOME PLATITUDES CONCERNING DRAMA
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
Galsworthy clarifies drama of his day vs that of Shakespeare, explaining why latter is superior.
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
June 02, 2021 - June 02, 2021.
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
MEDITATION ON FINALITY
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
"In the Grand Canyon of Arizona, that most exhilarating of all natural phenomena, Nature has for once so focussed her effects, that the result is a framed and final work of Art. For there, between two high lines of plateau, level as the sea, are sunk the wrought thrones of the innumerable gods, couchant, and for ever revering, in their million moods of light and colour, the Master Mystery."
................................................
................................................
................................................"In the Grand Canyon of Arizona, that most exhilarating of all natural phenomena, Nature has for once so focussed her effects, that the result is a framed and final work of Art. For there, between two high lines of plateau, level as the sea, are sunk the wrought thrones of the innumerable gods, couchant, and for ever revering, in their million moods of light and colour, the Master Mystery."
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
June 02, 2021 - June 02, 2021.
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
WANTED-SCHOOLING
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
"Few of us sit down in cold blood to write our first stories; we have something in us that we feel we must express. This is the beginning of the vicious circle. Our first books often have some thing in them. We are sincere in trying to express that something. It is true we cannot express it, not having learnt how, but its ghost haunts the pages the ghost of real experience and real life—just enough to attract the untrained intelligence, just enough to make a generous Press remark: "This shows promise." We have tasted blood, we pant for more. Those of us who had a carking occupation hasten to throw it aside, those who had no occupation have now found one; some few of us keep both the old occupation and the new. Whichever of these courses we pursue, the hurry with which we pursue it undoes us. For, often we have only that one book in us, which we did not know how to write, and having expressed that which we have felt, we are driven in our second, our third, our fourth, to warm up variations, like those dressed remains of last night's dinner which are served for lunch; or to spin from our usually commonplace imaginations thin extravagances which those who do not try to think for themselves are ever ready to accept as full of inspiration and vitality. ,,, "
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
June 02, 2021 - June 02, 2021.
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
REFLECTIONS ON OUR DISLIKE OF THINGS AS THEY ARE
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
Galsworthy and Mikes noticed the same difference between British vs continental European sensìbilities, from opposite sides of a fence.
"We are, I think, too deeply civilised, so deeply civilised that we have come to look on Nature as indecent."
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
June 02, 2021 - June 03, 2021.
................................................
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
THE WINDLESTRAW
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
""There are certain playwrights taking themselves very seriously; might we suggest to them that they are in danger of becoming ridiculous . . . ."
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
June 02, 2021 - June 03, 2021.
Purchased June 12, 2021.
Kindle Edition, 38 pages
Published May 16th 2012
ASIN:- B0083ZE1QS
................................................
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
CENSORSHIP AND ART
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
CENSORSHIP AND ART
ABOUT CENSORSHIP
VAGUE THOUGHTS ON ART
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
Studies and Essays: Censorship and Art, by John Galsworthy.
Studies and Essays: Censorship and Art, by John Galsworthy.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
ABOUT CENSORSHIP
VAGUE THOUGHTS ON ART
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
ABOUT CENSORSHIP
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
Galsworthy questions censorship of plays, envisaging a parallel censorship of literature, art, politics, religion and more. He obviously thought it all equally - and obviously - ridiculous. This piece is dated 1909.
After a couple of decades, world showed the horror come true, on a scale beyond that already set by inquisition and colonial racism, slavery and misogyny, feudal caste systems of lands other than India, and more.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
June 03, 2021 - June 03, 2021.
................................................
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
VAGUE THOUGHTS ON ART
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
Galsworthy discusses question of What is Art.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
June 03, 2021 - June 03, 2021.
Purchased June 12, 2021.
Kindle Edition, 48 pages
Published May 16th 2012
(first published October 1st 2008)
Original Title
Censorship and Art
ISBN:- 1419112449 (ISBN13: 9781419112447)
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
May 31, 2021 - June 03, 2021.
Purchased June 12, 012.
The Complete Essays of John Galsworthy
by John Galsworthy
Kindle Edition, 151 pages
Published May 17th 2012
by Public Domain
ASIN:- B0084ADN91
................................................
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4032152984
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
