The Scottish poet imagines himself settled in Dreamthorp, a sleepy village with a ruined castle and a canal, and from there writes about whatever comes to mind: the art of the essay, death and the fear of dying, the poet William Dunbar, a public execution, Christmas, men of letters, the importance of a man to himself, and a favourite shelf of books.
A small classic of the English personal essay, for readers of Lamb and Hazlitt. Download the free EPUB.