From the flyleaf:

"Nesta Webster, who is well known for
her history of the French Revolution,
a standard work, Chevalier de
Boufflers, World Revolution, and
Secret Societies, gives in this book a
full and vivid account of her family
and social life up to 1914. The title
is indeed well-chosen, for the life
she describes was indeed spacious and
free in spite of some social
conventions and restrictions which may
seem odd by comparison with the very
different social standards of conduct
and behaviour to-day.

Some Reviews:

Nesta Webster's canvas
is such a big one that to do full
justice to it would demand much more
space than is available. But it can be
said that not a square inch of it is
wasted. . . . The deftness of the
touch wherever the brush wanders is
inescapable. This would necessarily be
so, since it is wielded by the hand
of a very good artist, who knows both
what colours to have on her palette
and how to use them.
-- TATLER

This is yet another addition to those
nostalgic books which deal with
Edwardian times. . . . Her days were
certainly spacious, and this charming
autobiography captures their spirit
clearly and with warmth.
-- THE QUEEN

As Miss Bevan she took part in the
social life of the day, travelled
extensively, observed shrewdly, and
here has written, in a style of
disarming modesty, a charmingly
discursive record of those secure and
carefree days.
-- CURRENT LITERATURE"

CONTENTS

Chapter

i. Quaker Origins.
ii. The Shuttleworths.
iii. Happy Days at Trent.
iv. Fosbury.
v. Le Revers de la Médaille.
vi. The Family Abroad.
vii. Literary Efforts.
viii. Years of Exile.
ix. Brownshill Court.
x. Lotus Land.
xi. Westfield College.
xii. Freedom at Last!
xiii. A White Elephant at Large.
xiv. Round the World.
xv. Burma.
xvi. The Far East.
xvii. Japan.
xviii. London in the 'Nineties.
xix. A Winter in Egypt.
xx. Edwardian England.
xxi. Across the World Again.
xxii. Simla.
xxiii. Kismet.
xxiv. Ten Peaceful Years.
xxv. The Chevalier de Boufflers.
xxvi. France in War-time.
xxvii. England in War-time.
xxviii. The French Revolution.
Index.

[The manuscript of her second autobiography covering her more politically active years after 1914 was reportedly stolen from the publisher's offices.]