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London Impressions

by Alice MEYNELL (1847 - 1922)

The London Sunday

Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' Suffrage League, She and her husband Wilfrid Meynell were active in publishing and editing literary works including helping to launch the first works of Francis Thompson, author of "Hound of Heaven." The Meynell's later converted to Roman Catholicism. These essays are very evocative for anyone who has, or wants to visit London, capturing the atmosphere of the late nineteenth century. - Summary by Larry Wilson

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A Pilgrim , Below Bridge , Chelsea Reach , The Climate of Smoke , The Effect of London , The Roads , The Smouldering City , The Spring , The Trees