Letters from America

A young English poet sets out in the spring of 1913 to explore the New World, sending his impressions back to the Westminster Gazette as vivid, letter‑form travel essays. His voice blends youthful curiosity with a poet’s eye, turning bustling streets, grand vistas and everyday encounters into moments of quiet wonder. The narrative unfolds as a series of stop‑over snapshots, each one a blend of observation, humor and a hint of the introspection that would later define his work.

From the towering skyline of New York to the scholarly corridors of Harvard, from the icy charm of Montreal to the thunderous spray of Niagara Falls, he wanders across diverse landscapes—prairies, the Rockies, and remote villages of the First Nations peoples. Along the way he records the colors, sounds and personalities that shape his experience, offering a lively portrait of early‑20th‑century North America through the lens of a poet still discovering his own path.