SUNLIGHT ON THE LAWN

by Beverley Nichols ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 30, 1957

Two confessions:- I have a weakness for Beverley Nichols' reminiacences of house and garden, despite a slight distaste for the too too precious aura; I still look back nostalgically to the cottage of Down the Garden Path from the more exsited Georgian Merry Hall of his recent books.... Mercifully, the whimsy and the classicism find antidotes in the humor and the rare ability to laugh at himself. For this time Mr. Nichols indulges in almost incredible follies and extravagances, that lead to more and more formalities of design in his garden. But here and there the most casual of gardeners will find bits of treasured garden lore and wisdom. We meet again his warring neighbors, Our Rose and Miss Emily, with a new source of irritation as Our Rose exudes her self importance in a new role as floral spirit healer. Miss Mint (of Laughter on the Stairs) provides some new enchantments -- and a near tragedy in her impossible tenants; Bob to the rescue, with ingenuity- and apparently an inexhaustible pocketbook. And- for subtler reacue, Marius managed to make Miss Emily and Our Rose bury- for the moment- the hatchet. There's a bit of everything in this, with the search for the sundial- and the acquisition of balustrade and columns as the central theme. The MacLaren drawings put- for my taste- too much stress on this phase of the story.

Pub Date: April 30, 1957

ISBN: 0881924679

Page Count: -

Publisher: Dutton

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1957

Categories: NONFICTION