The English Essay and Essayists Book

After having read the first three volumes of Huxley's essays, I think there is a degree of diminishing returns. World War II is imminent during the course of the book, and much of Huxley's writing in this volume revolves around ways that human society can organize that would decrease the likelihood of devastating conflicts in the future. However, he is also getting closer to his fascination with a vague and unsatisfactory mysticism. It is, frankly, difficult to concentrate long enough to finish many of these pieces. Huxley's fiction is often fantastic; these essays are a much harder sell.