John Galsworthy 
The Inn of Tranquillity (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) 
Studies and Essays

This 1912 collection of twenty-six “essays and studies, ” divided between “Life” and “Letters” was praised by the New York Times reviewer as “a string of the finest pearls.”  Contents include the title entry, as well as “The Black Godmother, ” “Magpie Over the Hill, ” “Sheep-shearing, ” “Evolution, ” “On Our Dislike of Things as They Are, ” and “A Christian, ” among others.

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