=The Pall Mall Gazette.=--‘Scathing in satire and relentless in exposure. The interest never flags for a moment. There are many pages of witty dialogue. _Scarlet and Hyssop_ must be accounted a really brilliant piece of work, unsurpassed by anything Mr. Benson has given us.’
=The Times.=--‘One might begin to read _The Luck of the Vails_ lying back in a comfortable chair, and chuckling over the natural talk of Mr. Benson’s pleasant people. But after an hour or so, assuming that it is a hot day, and that you turn the leaves without great energy, you find yourself sitting up and gripping the arms of the chair, and glancing uneasily over your shoulder at the sound of a step upon the gravel. For this is a really thrilling and exciting tale of crime and mystery that Mr. Benson has written. It is readable all through and full of entertainment.’
=The Athenæum.=--‘There is brilliance, lightness of touch. The dialogue is neat and brisk, and the miniature Court and its courtiers are amusingly treated.’
=Literature.=--‘Told with verve and wit. If the novel is to amuse we cannot recommend a more agreeable companion than Mr. Benson’s brilliant friend _The Princess Sophia_.’
=The Westminster Gazette.=--‘A gay and spirited performance, and the Princess herself a clever picture. It is lively reading, and the characters bubble along in true Bensonian fashion.’
=The Daily Telegraph.=--‘Bright, piquant, and entertaining from beginning to end, full of humorous sayings and witty things spoken by men and women who are merry and captivating. There is little to find fault with. It is a very clever, smart novel, wherein lies a little lesson and much entertainment.’
=The Pall Mall Gazette.=--‘Mr. Benson’s new story is in his happier and clever style. Happily, also, the liveliness does not tire. The _repartee_ and rattle of the “smart set” are the genuine thing, and his own pretty conceits and happy little audacities of turn are not too forced.’
LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN, 21 BEDFORD STREET, W.C.
=The Times.=--‘They are extremely varied in conception, and show much dramatic skill.’
=The Pall Mall Gazette.=--‘A series of stories which are excellent. They are fresh and original in conception, and full of dramatic incidents; and they arc still more remarkable for their freshness as studies of character.’