After the sudden death of his only son, George Hamlin Fitch turned to the books that had sustained him and wrote these short essays for general readers. He takes in the Bible, Shakespeare, the ancient classics, the Arabian Nights, Augustine, Don Quixote, the Imitation of Christ, Omar Khayyam, Dante, Milton and Bunyan.
A gentle, personal reading guide that shows how literature can console. Download the free EPUB.