... from the worlds of commerce, heavy industry and science. He has allowed nothing stereotyped to creep into his gallery of sketches and the result is a fresh and provocative book with plenty of food for thought and a genuine appreciation of England's present ...

... lind Howard was the daughter of an even more formidable lady to whose London salon the leading intellectual lights of the age used to come but that, when one of them departed, she would turn to the others as soon as the door was shut and say, Fools are so ...

... politician seeking re-election as mayor of a New England town where half the population is descended, like himself, from poor immigrants from Ould Ireland. He is sure of the Irish vote and prepared to use blarney, bluff and blackmail to gain the support ...