Enjoyed these essays by an author whose fiction I particularly like. Kidnapped being my favorite.

From his first essay in the book "ON THE ENJOYMENT OF UNPLEASANT PLACES"

Things looked at patiently from one side after another generally end by showing a side that is beautiful.

I wish I had read this essay before many years ago visiting the cottage where he lived in Saranac Lake and where he wrote some of the essays in this book. Two other favorite essays are "AN APOLOGY FOR IDLERS" and "BOOKS WHICH HAVE INFLUENCED ME"