Author: Asquith, Cynthia
Title: Remember And Be Glad
Description: James Barrie, 1952, 1st edition. Cloth, dj, VG/G+. [viii]+214pp, b/w frontis, 13pp b/w plates, index, dustjacket slightly worn along the edges with a little loss, spine browned, a nice copy. Hardback with dustjacket. ¶ A collection of literary & biographical portraits of the people who visited Asquith's Gloucestershire home in the years of the 'salad days' just prior to World War One. Those described include H G Wells, D H Lawrence, A J Balfour, Lady Desborough, Sidney Webb, etc. Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn Asquith [ 1887 - 1960 ] English writer and socialite, known for her ghost stories and diaries.

Keywords: biography, social history