_PALL MALL GAZETTE:_ "A vital and stimulating work, full of the joy of life and much of its sorrow; and Sylvia Scarlett herself is one of the few really great women in fiction--can indeed hold her own with Beatrix Esmond and Becky Sharp." _PUNCH:_ "In several respects it is the best thing Mr. Mackenzie has yet done...." _SCOTSMAN:_ "Amazing dexterity of workmanship--every figure is instinct with vitality." _MORNING POST:_ "There is no question about the rightness and brightness and delightfulness of the adventures." _LIVERPOOL COURIER:_ "Amazing inventiveness, Dickens-like prodigality and humour in characterization, youthful daring and clean candour." LIVERPOOL POST:_ "His observation dissects humanity and entrances the student with its amazing cleverness and its astonishing penetration." _ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS:_ "The inimitable exponent of joyous youth--a certain Cockney humour--as gaily witty as anything the world can show." _BIRMINGHAM POST:_ "In sheer brilliance may well be thought to excel even its predecessor." EVE in _THE TATLER:_ "Such a riot and rush of adventures and contrasts, such a breathless scramble, such rainbow emotions...." MR. ST. JOHN ADCOCK in _THE SKETCH:_ "Nothing really happens." MR. FRANK SWINNERTON in _THE BOOKMAN:_ "An exhibition of talent perversely employed." MARTIN SECKER NUMBER FIVE JOHN STREET ADELPHI SOME PRESS OPINIONS OF SYLVIA & MICHAEL _By_ COMPTON MACKENZIE _EVENING STANDARD:_ "That originality and depth of thought which we associate with his name. Often startling as are his ideas, they have a way of melting very quickly into and taking their place in the scheme of things, the world of truth and reality." _THE SCOTSMAN:_ "The book is one which holds the reader in thrall." _DAILY MAIL:_ "A master story-teller." _GLASGOW HERALD:_ "As fine as anything that even Mr. Mackenzie has accomplished." _PUNCH:_ "An exhilarating, even intoxicating entertainment." LIVERPOOL COURIER: "One may cheerfully and gratefully acknowledge the brilliancy ... its absorbing interest, its sustained intellectual strength, and the splendour of its moral implications." _ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS:_ "The colour, the humour, the irony, and the philosophy that make up the compound of his amazing books." _CAMBRIDGE MAGAZINE:_ "Besides achieving a performance in itself no less remarkable than its predecessors, Mr. Mackenzie does something new: he shows his teeth." MR. JAMES DOUGLAS in _THE STAR:_ "A literary fake." MR. ROBERT K. RISK in _THE SUNDAY TIMES._ "It will not permit itself to be read." MR. HUGH WALPOLE in _THE NEW YORK SUN:_ "A new chunk from the erotic adventures of Sylvia Scarlett ... but this does not sound thrilling to everyone...." MARTIN SECKER NUMBER FIVE JOHN STREET ADELPHI SOME PRESS OPINIONS OF SINISTER STREET VOLUME ONE _By_ COMPTON MACKENZIE _TIMES:_ "We do not wish it any shorter, for it is almost wholly delightful in itself." _STANDARD:_ "The architecture of the book is superb."