In the title essay Alice Meynell argues that the true colour of life is not red but the hidden glow beneath the skin. Brief pieces follow on clouds, winds of the world, rushes and reeds, the honours of mortality, a visit to monastery gates, donkey races, grass and the actress Eleonora Duse.
Exquisitely crafted miniature essays by one of the most admired late Victorian prose stylists. Download the free EPUB.