Hills and the Sea Author:Hilaire Belloc Hills and the Sea, first published in 1906, collects thirty-eight of Hilaire Belloc's essays, spanning several periods of time and travel. The New York Times noted, "[This] book abounds in sweetness and light, and one must be something more than human or something less not to find therein some congenial and sympathetic message -- possib... more »ly many."« less