A humorous account of a trip to London and brief sojourn in that city and its vicinity. It includes: "A Ticket to Europe", "Crossing the Atlantic", "In England-Now! ", "Mayfair in the Fair Month of May", "A Hostess at Home", "The Light on Burns's Brow", "Certain Social Uncertainties", "A Sentimental Journey", "All in a Garden Fair", "I Went and Ranged about to Many Churches", "Piccadilly Circus and its Environs", "The Game of Going On", "A French Week-End". Carolyn Wells (1862-1942) was a well known author of children's stories, until she began reading mystery stories written by Anna Katherine Green, and from then on she devoted her writings to puzzling mysteries in a similar vein, best known for her Fleming Stone Detective Stories.