Lady Nicholson: Britain in Pictures. The British People in Pictures.The Londoner

" When a man is tired of London," said Dr. Johnson, " he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford." He was one of a multitude of London idolators, and it is true that London casts a magnetic spell on all who live there, whether London-born or not. In a city of such immensity there can perhaps be no typical Londoner, but, as the author points out, certain qualities stand out despite the general diversity. As a citizen of no mean city, the Londoner has, in modern times, urbanity, style, a certain sophistication and a high standard. Also a highly developed sense of enjoyment and great gusto for a variety of entertainments. He has great patience and philosophy is traditionally kind to foreigners, and proud of the passing strangers, now so numerous, in his midst. In this charming volume, all these facets of the Londoner's character are admirably interpreted in the light of the history and traditions of the great city.
Lady Nicholson is the author of Private Letters, Pagan and Christian and Pilgrims were they all (published under her former name, Lady Brooke), in which, as in the present book, scholarship and entertainment are admirably combined to delight both the erudite and curious reader.