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The flower beneath the foot

VAINGLORY A NOVEL With a Frontispiece by FÉLICIEN ROPS

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Illustration from The flower beneath the foot: being a record of the early life of St. Laura de Nazianzi and the times in which she lived

TIMES:

“A perpetual sparkle.”

OBSERVER:

“An incessant sparkle.”

PALL MALL GAZETTE:

“A very clever book.”

BELFAST WHIG:

“Extraordinary clever.”

NEW WITNESS:

“The author of this book has a gift for trenchant satire ... one cannot help feeling that Mr Firbank must have gone straight to life for some of these people.”

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