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.