223pp. 10 black and white illustrations + colour frontispiece Rasberry colour covers front and spine stamped with thistle design Gold lettering to spine. A very good, clean, tight copy. No date of publication, probably the 1941 reprint. Story set in the England and France in the twenties or thirties. Twelve year olds Dermot and Aislie visit their cousin Jack in France where the adventures take place.. "French people are funny to have breakfast before their baths" Prolific author's writing indicative of British middle class attitudes and values of the time - proper with a hint of drama.