THE RETREAT

 

A book for everyone who can still see magic in boyhood and shadows of eternity; for whom the world does not seem smaller for seeing it with round eyes. If you fear that your sense of wonder is beginning to fade The Retreat should help revive it. There are things in it, such as the chapter describing the boys’ day by the sea, that are so full of delicate fun and insight into the hearts of young people that they touch one with an unbearable sense of loss.