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.