"Mrs. Charles Brookfield has given us a book which we shall all read and keep on our shelves--all of us, at any rate, who are made warm by reading of great souls.... One might go on quoting endlessly. It is best to advise everyone to read the book. It is a wholly delightful volume."--_Daily Telegraph._
"Of each member of this richly-gifted band of youthful intellectuals, and of their mutual association and influence, Mrs. Brookfield is able to present, through the medium of family traditions and literary records, many intimate glimpses, the interest of a very able and brightly written volume culminating in her vivid sketch of the character and personality of Arthur Hallam."--_World._
In 1 vol., demy 8vo, gilt top, with 4 photogravures 10s. 6d. net.
"These letters and anecdotes here collected are so rich and abundant that the most copious extracts must give an inadequate idea of what they contain. In Mrs. Brookfield's circle dulness was unknown. Her friends were all interesting, not for their position, but for themselves. It would be difficult to find in this same compass so much which though only meant to be ephemeral is really worth preserving as these pages preserve.... An almost ideal picture of what society properly understood may be.... Mr. and Mrs. Brookfield do not seem to have known any uninteresting people."--_The Times._
LONDON: SIR ISAAC PITMAN & SONS, LTD., No. 1 AMEN CORNER, E.C.
In two vols., crown 4to, 1,152 pages, half morocco, 21s. net, handsome cloth gilt, 18s. net. With about 550 Illustrations and twelve Photogravure Plates.
"The _raison d'etre_ of this edition, well printed in quarto form, is its illustrations. Of these there are to be, besides twelve photogravure plates, about 400--portraits from authentic originals, views from old prints, autographs, facsimile title pages, etc.; and a series of views of Johnson's haunts, drawn specially for the book, which so far as we can at present judge from the pen and ink drawings now issued, are of a pleasing kind. Mr. Ingpen's literary contribution consists of short notes to the pictures; and his industry in collecting illustrative material seems likely to deserve much gratitude from modern readers of Boswell."--_Times._