[The Mirrors of Downing Street by Harold Begbie]@TWC D-Link bookThe Mirrors of Downing Street CHAPTER XIV 12/13
Putnam's Sons+ +New York London+ * * * * * _By the Author of_ "The Mirrors of Downing Street" +THE GLASS OF FASHION+ SOME SOCIAL REFLECTIONS The Author prefers to remain anonymous He signs himself A GENTLEMAN WITH A DUSTER _With Portraits_ "The Gentleman with a Duster" who so mercilessly and brilliantly clarified the mirrors of Downing Street, now turns his attention to English Society--and what a drubbing it gets.
Perhaps the sorriest victims to fall under his cleanser are Col.
Repington and Margot Asquith.
His name for the latter will surely stick--"The Grandmother of the Flapper." But society at large is not spared, and there can be no question as to the sincerity of the author.
The _Spectator_, realizing this, says, "The book is not a piece of mere Grubb Street morality prepared by someone who thinks that this is the dish the public desires at the moment." _The Glass of Fashion_ is at times savagely ferocious, but it scintillates brilliancy throughout. +NEW YORK G.P.
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