Taking its title from a sprig of bay a Roman road-mender fixed to a tram, this collection asks what beauty is for in a life. Vernon Lee writes on the use of beauty, higher harmonies, beauty and sanity, art and the country, art and usefulness, and the pleasures we waste, drawing on Schiller and on her long years in Italy.
Thoughtful aesthetic essays by one of the most original critics of her generation. Download the free EPUB.