From the flyleaf: > "Nesta Webster, who is well known for > her history of the French Revolution, > a standard work, *Chevalier de* > *Boufflers*, *World Revolution*, and > *Secret Societies*, gives in this book a > full and vivid account of her family > and social life up to 1914. The title > is indeed well-chosen, for the life > she describes was indeed spacious and > free in spite of some social > conventions and restrictions which may > seem odd by comparison with the very > different social standards of conduct > and behaviour to-day. > > *Some Reviews:* > > Nesta Webster's canvas > is such a big one that to do full > justice to it would demand much more > space than is available. But it can be > said that not a square inch of it is > wasted. . . . The deftness of the > touch wherever the brush wanders is > inescapable. This would necessarily be > so, since it is wielded by the hand > of a very good artist, who knows both > what colours to have on her palette > and how to use them. > -- TATLER > > This is yet another addition to those > nostalgic books which deal with > Edwardian times. . . . Her days were > certainly spacious, and this charming > autobiography captures their spirit > clearly and with warmth. > -- THE QUEEN > > As Miss Bevan she took part in the > social life of the day, travelled > extensively, observed shrewdly, and > here has written, in a style of > disarming modesty, a charmingly > discursive record of those secure and > carefree days. > -- CURRENT LITERATURE" CONTENTS -------- Chapter i. Quaker Origins. ii. The Shuttleworths. iii. Happy Days at Trent. iv. Fosbury. v. Le Revers de la Médaille. vi. The Family Abroad. vii. Literary Efforts. viii. Years of Exile. ix. Brownshill Court. x. Lotus Land. xi. Westfield College. xii. Freedom at Last! xiii. A White Elephant at Large. xiv. Round the World. xv. Burma. xvi. The Far East. xvii. Japan. xviii. London in the 'Nineties. xix. A Winter in Egypt. xx. Edwardian England. xxi. Across the World Again. xxii. Simla. xxiii. Kismet. xxiv. Ten Peaceful Years. xxv. The Chevalier de Boufflers. xxvi. France in War-time. xxvii. England in War-time. xxviii. The French Revolution. Index. ---------- [The manuscript of her second autobiography covering her more politically active years after 1914 was reportedly stolen from the publisher's offices.]