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 No. 1883 May fair. September, 1909. 



Mr. Edward Arnold's 



Autumn Announcements, 

 1909. 



MEMORIES OF FIFTY YEARS. 



By MARY JEUNE (LADY ST. HELIER). 

 With Illustrations. One Volume. Demy Svo., cloth. 153. net. 



Lady Jeune's salon was the rendezvous of all that was best in 

 English society during the last thirty years of the nineteenth 

 century. To her house in Harley Street flocked notabilities in every 

 walk of life statesmen, politicians, men distinguished in literature, 

 science, and art, famous generals and naval officers, legal luminaries, 

 and apostles of culture. It would probably be difficult to mention 

 a single person of distinction of either sex who had not at some time 

 or other been present at her receptions, sure of meeting there the most 

 interesting ' lions ' of the day. To European and American 

 visitors, Lady Jeune's parties stood for the English counterpart 

 of the brightest French salons, and their popularity remained 

 unabated after Sir Francis Jeune was raised to the peerage as 

 Baron St. Helier, until his death caused them to be discontinued. 



It can truly be asserted that Lady St. Helier's ' Reminiscences ' 

 form an integral part of the history of the Nineteenth Century, if 

 the social life of England counts for anything in its pages. No 

 mere summary of the book would give a clue to the interest of its 

 contents ; this is the grand vin of society, sparkling and unique. 



LONDON : EDWARD ARNOLD, 41 & 43 MADDOX STREET, W. 



