culture. education. literary studies.
At the very beginning of autumn, I'm happy to launch the latest title in the Grammaticus Free Library series: "The Ambitious Guest" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It's an excellent story about the uncertainty of life and the fragility of human aspirations.
Unlike most of Sassoon's war poems, the verses of this one have a calming and reassuring effect, leaning on lovely pastoral imagery. But thereโs also a lingering sense of loss and sorrow throughout โ subtle yet deep and unsettling.
R. L. Stevenson's poem โSummer Sunโ was first published in 1885, as part of his collection titled A Childโs Garden of Verses. In it, the poet personifies the Sun, presenting him as โthe gardener of the Worldโ โ a kind presence that brings life, warmth, and gladness to all living things.
Iโm happy to present another title in the Grammaticus Free Library series: โSquirrelโ by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman. The PDF comes with vocabulary notes and a grammar exercise on non-standard, dialectal forms used by the author.
