This short collection of essays includes: A Novelist's Allegory, Some Platitudes Concerning Drama, Meditaino on Finality, Wanted - Schooling, On Our Dislike of Things as They Are, and The Widlestraw. According to Wikipedia: "John Galsworthy ( 1867— 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.