The Evergreen, A Northern Seasonal. Spring 1895

LibriVox recording of The Evergreen, A Northern Seasonal. Spring 1895 by William Sharp. Read in English by Phil Benson; The Evergreen was a short lived seasonal magazine, edited by William Sharp (Fiona Macleod) and published by Patrick Geddes, which proposed a nature-based Celtic renaissance as an alternative to late 19th century Decadence. In contrast to the Romantics, the Celtic revivalists advocated urban renewal, rather than a return to nature, an idea that would be developed in Patrick Geddes' later and more well-known work on town planning. The first volume of The Evergreen is an eclecti