The Joys of Walking Essays by Hilaire Belloc, Charles Dickens, Henry David Thoreau, and Others
, by Mitchell, Edwin Valentine- ISBN: 9780486479491 | 0486479498
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 9/19/2012
The simple act of walking often inspires deep literary reflection. This delightful excursion of 12 essays ranges far and wide, offering Dickens' "Night Walks" and "Tramps," Leslie Stephen's "In Praise of Walking," Beerbohm's "Going Out for a Walk," and Morley's "Sauntering." Additional contributors include Hazlitt, Belloc, Thoreau, Trevelyan, and other distinguished authors.