"Caroline Bauer was rather hardly used in her lifetime, but she certainly contrived to take a very exemplary revenge. People who offended her are gibbeted in one of the most fascinating books that has appeared for a long time. Nothing essential escaped her eye, and she could describe as well as she could observe. She lived in England when George IV. and his remarkable Court were conducting themselves after their manner, and she collected about as pretty a set of scandals as ever was seen."—Vanity Fair.
Fourth Edition, in Post 8vo, handsomely bound, price 7s. 6d.
SIDE-LIGHTS ON ENGLISH SOCIETY:
Sketches from Life, Social and Satirical.
By E. C. GRENVILLE-MURRAY.
ILLUSTRATED WITH NEARLY 300 CHARACTERISTIC ENGRAVINGS.
CONTENTS:—I. FLIRTS. II. ON HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SERVICE. III. SEMI-DETACHED WIVES. IV. NOBLE LORDS. V. YOUNG WIDOWS. VI. OUR SILVERED YOUTH, OR NOBLE OLD BOYS.
"This is a startling book. The volume is expensively and elaborately got up; the writing is bitter, unsparing, and extremely clever."—Vanity Fair.
"Mr. Grenville-Murray sparkles very steadily throughout the present volume, and puts to excellent use his incomparable knowledge of life and manners, of men and cities, of appearances and facts. Of his several descants upon English types, I shall only remark that they are brilliantly and dashingly written, curious as to their matter, and admirably readable."—Truth.
"No one can question the brilliancy of the sketches, nor affirm that 'Side-Lights' is aught but a fascinating book.... The book is destined to make a great noise in the world."—Whitehall Review.