Alice Meynell 
The Spirit of Place, and Other Essays [PDF ebook] 

This collection of essays records Meynell's ideas about different aspects of life. From some pieces of correspondences to biographical sketches the work offers a brilliant amalgamation. Meynell has beautifully expressed herself in an idiosyncratic form and style.
Contents
The spirit of place — Mrs. Dingley — Solitude — The lady of the lyrics — July — Wells — The foot — Have patience, little saint — The ladies of the idyll — A derivation — A counterchange — Rain — Letters of Marceline Valmore — The hours of sleep — The horizon — Habits and consciousness — Shadows.