Nesta Helen Webster

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