BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
THIRD IMPRESSION. With 16 Illustrations by the Author.
Crown 8vo. 3s.6d.
DOWNY V. GREEN,
RHODES SCHOLAR AT OXFORD.
PRESS OPINIONS.
TIMES.—‘We never remember to have read anything which more compelled laughter than these too-few pages. We have a perfect carnival of American slang.... The line illustrations, which are by the author, are in some cases admirable; we may say comparable with Mr. Kipling’s.’DAILY TELEGRAPH.—‘It is one of the best bits of fooling we have read for a long time, and is written by one who knows Oxford perfectly, and has a command of American slang which Mark Twain himself might envy.... This little book, which is cleverly illustrated by the author, deserves as wide a vogue as its predecessor “Verdant.” Its humour is quite as irresistible and more subtle.’PALL MALL GAZETTE.—‘A delightful skit.... We do not think anyone has hit off better than Mr. Calderon the extraordinary cocksureness, volubility, and linguistic exuberance of the typical American, yet he never allows his humour to get out of hand. The Oxford characters are marked with the same sureness of touch.’GUARDIAN.—‘If one must compare Downy with Verdant, the descendant’s experiences are the better for being written by an Oxford man, while Verdant’s were not. The satire is as admirable as the farce; but, on the whole, Downy as Verdant makes one rather laugh aloud than smile.’WORLD.—‘The fun is kept up with an unflagging spirit and ingenuity that render the skit—which the author has embellished with some diverting illustrations from his own evidently facile pencil—a by no means unworthy comparison to “Verdant Green” itself.’OXFORD MAGAZINE.—‘Mr. Downy V. Green is an American grandson of the immortal Verdant, and it is not too much to say that he is fully worthy of his lineage. From the moment one embarks upon his adventures it is difficult to lay them down. Mr. Calderon has a biting humour, and spares neither Oxford nor America.’MANCHESTER GUARDIAN.—‘A really capital narrative, in which an accurate knowledge of Oxford life is combined with a marvellously wide knowledge of the American language.... Nothing is more admirable than the fertility which enables him to avoid employing English without making his substitute for it grow tedious.’SPECTATOR.—‘Our readers may take our assurance that the book is amusing in a high degree.’ATHENÆUM.—‘Mr. Calderon has an amazing command of picturesque slang and metaphor from overseas, and, as befits the son of a late distinguished artist, has himself provided excellent illustrations of his ideas.’DAILY MAIL.—‘Most excellent fooling.... His sketches possess a crude, rude vigour that remind the faithful of the immortal pencil of Michael Angelo Titmarsh. He has it in him to become a humorist of the first order.’VARSITY.—‘The whole book is full of rollicking humour from cover to cover.’GLASGOW HERALD.—‘The book is capitally written, and evidently from a first-hand knowledge of student life. It is full of humour—American humour and Oxford humour—and is altogether an excellent book of its kind.’
TIMES.—‘We never remember to have read anything which more compelled laughter than these too-few pages. We have a perfect carnival of American slang.... The line illustrations, which are by the author, are in some cases admirable; we may say comparable with Mr. Kipling’s.’
DAILY TELEGRAPH.—‘It is one of the best bits of fooling we have read for a long time, and is written by one who knows Oxford perfectly, and has a command of American slang which Mark Twain himself might envy.... This little book, which is cleverly illustrated by the author, deserves as wide a vogue as its predecessor “Verdant.” Its humour is quite as irresistible and more subtle.’
PALL MALL GAZETTE.—‘A delightful skit.... We do not think anyone has hit off better than Mr. Calderon the extraordinary cocksureness, volubility, and linguistic exuberance of the typical American, yet he never allows his humour to get out of hand. The Oxford characters are marked with the same sureness of touch.’
GUARDIAN.—‘If one must compare Downy with Verdant, the descendant’s experiences are the better for being written by an Oxford man, while Verdant’s were not. The satire is as admirable as the farce; but, on the whole, Downy as Verdant makes one rather laugh aloud than smile.’
WORLD.—‘The fun is kept up with an unflagging spirit and ingenuity that render the skit—which the author has embellished with some diverting illustrations from his own evidently facile pencil—a by no means unworthy comparison to “Verdant Green” itself.’
OXFORD MAGAZINE.—‘Mr. Downy V. Green is an American grandson of the immortal Verdant, and it is not too much to say that he is fully worthy of his lineage. From the moment one embarks upon his adventures it is difficult to lay them down. Mr. Calderon has a biting humour, and spares neither Oxford nor America.’
MANCHESTER GUARDIAN.—‘A really capital narrative, in which an accurate knowledge of Oxford life is combined with a marvellously wide knowledge of the American language.... Nothing is more admirable than the fertility which enables him to avoid employing English without making his substitute for it grow tedious.’
SPECTATOR.—‘Our readers may take our assurance that the book is amusing in a high degree.’
ATHENÆUM.—‘Mr. Calderon has an amazing command of picturesque slang and metaphor from overseas, and, as befits the son of a late distinguished artist, has himself provided excellent illustrations of his ideas.’
DAILY MAIL.—‘Most excellent fooling.... His sketches possess a crude, rude vigour that remind the faithful of the immortal pencil of Michael Angelo Titmarsh. He has it in him to become a humorist of the first order.’
VARSITY.—‘The whole book is full of rollicking humour from cover to cover.’
GLASGOW HERALD.—‘The book is capitally written, and evidently from a first-hand knowledge of student life. It is full of humour—American humour and Oxford humour—and is altogether an excellent book of its kind.’