Author of “The Book of a Bachelor,” etc.
“This the third of Mr. Schwann’s novels, is by a very long way his best. Mr. Schwann has beyond question written a book that may be termed light and frivolous, if you wish, but that nevertheless, as a picture of a certain section of modern London Society, has its more important side to it. In deftness, interest, and human nature it shows a great advance on ‘The Book of a Bachelor.’”—Standard.
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
THE MAGIC OF THE HILL
“The book is in fact, to be read for its light-hearted pictures of modern Paris, Paris seen with eyes of someone who knows it intimately and loves it. Mr. Schwann has more than a little of Thackeray’s absorbing interest in minor characters, minor events, and minor problems. The book proves that Mr. Schwann, as a student of life, has the right touch and the right humour.”—The Standard.
by MAX BEERBOHM 6/-
Author of “[A Christmas Garland],” etc.
“In a word, he has achieved a masterpiece. He has written a book in which wit and invention never flag: a book, the writing of which he has enjoyed so tremendously that the reader enjoys it with him, as it were, personally, a book that is all of a piece, never halts, never drops; a book that is a sheer delight from cover to cover.”—Alfred Sutton in The Daily Mail.