Essays

The following book is a collection of essays written by Arthur Christopher Benson. He was an English essayist, poet and academic, and the 28th Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. He wrote the lyrics of Edward Elgar's 'Coronation Ode', including the words of the patriotic song 'Land of Hope and Glory'. A total of thirteen essays are featured inside this book, some of them bearing these titles: 'A Minute Philosopher', 'The Late Master of Trinity', 'Thomas Gray', and 'The Poetry of Edmund Gosse'.