“‘Clothes,’ said Carlyle, ‘gave us individuality, distinctions,social polity; Clothes have made men of us; they are threateningto make Clothes-screens of us.’ This truth has been developed in anaudacious manner by the author, who is not lacking in sarcasm andhumour, and in a lucky moment of inspiration he has produced abook which will find hosts of readers for its originality, will be atopic of the moment for its daring, and will demand more permanentrecognition for the truths which it unveils.”—St James’s Gazette.

“A book which is as amusing as it is audacious in its pictures ofSociety compelled to adopt the primitive attire of an Edenic age.”—Truth.

“London is turned into a huge Eden peopled with Adams andEves in all the pristine simplicity of the altogether nude.”—AberdeenJournal.

“Any amount of wit and literary skill ... the audacity of sucha literary enterprise.”—Scotsman.

“A perfect saturnalia of nudity.”—Glasgow Herald.

“Everybody should read this uncommon and curiously persuasivefiction, that by the aid of realism, humour, and of wistful fancy,conveys an impression not likely to be quickly lost.”—DundeeAdvertiser.

“Clever work.”—Times. (First Notice.)

“Daringly original.”—Outlook. (First Notice.)

“The author is at once bold and restrained in his picture of aLondon entirely deprived of clothes.”—T. P.’s Weekly.

“A daring idea ... a book which should have many readers.”—DailyMirror.

“The shocks and complications that ensue should appeal to alllovers of fiction.”—Pall Mall Gazette. (First Notice.)

“The author has written an extraordinary book, daring andremarkable.”—Daily Express.

“A daring theme treated with admirable discretion. The storyis singularly well told.”—Birmingham Gazette.

“Everybody is in a state of nudity, and the developments areinteresting as all England is in the same interesting predicament.The book is distinctly peculiar, and the writer may be congratulatedon his development of Carlyle’s speculations upon the state ofSociety rendered clothesless.”—Bristol Times & Mirror.

“Truly original and amusing.”—Bookseller.

“Very clever; smartly conceived and ably written.”—WesternDaily Mercury.

“A clever variation of the theme of Sartor Resartus.”—Bystander.

“We have seldom perused a more fascinating book; a mostdaring idea, most capably worked out. It is a book that no oneshould miss.”—Varsity.

“The idea is certainly original, the book is selling wildly, criticspraise it ... one of the books of the season.”—Hearth & Home.