28/42 The whole book is a scream, witty, ingenious, irresistible." _Public Opinion._--"A most entertaining book." * * * * * BY THE SAME AUTHOR SUNSHINE SKETCHES OF A LITTLE TOWN WITH A FRONTISPIECE BY CYRUS CUNEO _Ninth Edition. net_ _The Times._--"His real hard work, for which no emolument would be a fitting reward, is distilling sunshine. This new book is full of it--the sunshine of humour, the thin keen sunshine of irony, the mellow evening sunshine of sentiment." _Spectator._--"This is not the first but the third volume in which he has contributed to the gaiety of the Old as well as the New World.... A most welcome freedom from the pessimism of Old-World fiction." _Academy._--"One of the best and most enjoyable series of sketches that we have read for some time ... |