England, their England - A. G. Macdonell

'Mr Macdonell's book is a joy to read. I recommend it impartially to Englishmen, Scotsmen and Welshmen alike. Mr Macdonell has written a book in the most gracious English which is both witty and wise, always shrewd and sometimes profound. It is a book which must certainly not be missed' Sunday Times

'Again and again Mr Macdonell has hit off the peculiar foibles of the educated Englishman and the strange meanderings of his existence. There is point and humour in the smallest details of the satire, from the last ball of the cricket match, which takes over four pages to catch, to the inimitable description of the Great Central Railway at Marylebone. Even if it were all wrong from beginning to end, and a complete travesty of a sober and respectable nation, it is so amusing, so sly and so good humoured that it would need no further justification' Guardian

'Macdonell can jest with exquisite frivolity about newspapers and their editors, about cricket, about members of Parliament, about country houses, about minor poets and the League of Nations. England, their England is one of the merriest pieces of mockery we have had for a long time' New Statesman