STAR:
A book of high spirits without pause."
DAILY EXPRESS:
Irresistibly funny."
MARTIN SECKER NUMBER FIVE JOHN STREET ADELPHI
SOME PRESS OPINIONS OF
SYLVIA SCARLETT
By COMPTON MACKENZIE
PALL MALL GAZETTE:
A vital and stimulating work, full of the joy of life and much of its sorrow; and Sylvia Scarlett herself is one of the few really great women in fiction—can indeed hold her own with Beatrix Esmond and Becky Sharp."
PUNCH:
In several respects it is the best thing Mr. Mackenzie has yet done...."
SCOTSMAN:
Amazing dexterity of workmanship—every figure is instinct with vitality."