Arthur Clutton-Brock's reputation as an essayist rests on the numerous essays on literature and art he wrote mainly for the Times Literary Supplement (TLS), many of which were collected during his lifetime. In 1922 Ernest Rhys said of him that he had "shown again how to give the periodical essay the savour of permanent things." His lively and demanding approach to a variety of subjects created a wide readership during the first two decades of the twentieth century. Besides literature and art, his two other concerns as an essayist were socialism and Christianity; he was active and innovative as a practitioner, reformer, and theorist for both causes. The most important influences on his thought are William Morris's blend of socialism and aestheticism and Benedetto Croce's unpretentious and unclouded pursuit of spirit and truth in art. Today Clutton-Brock is best remembered for his studies of Percy Bysshe Shelley (1909) and Morris...