Publisher's Synopsis
From an advertisement in The Saturday Review of Politics.
APOLOGIA DIFFIDENTIS, by W. Compton Leith,
The publisher is conscious that it is unusual to hail a new writer as "a classic," but Sir Thomas Browne, Pater, R. L. S., and Kenneth Grahame were once new writers, and he claims for Mr. Compton Leith that he has written a book worthy to be placed along with the writings of such authors. By some APOLOGIA DIFFIDENTIS may be voted precious -- it is certainly intimate -- but those who have the delicate perception to appreciate a new style will read and re-read the book. It stands apart from the highway of modern introspective literature; it is too true to be precious, too classical to be treated as ephemeral. By its overwhelming sincerity it will command respect, and not a few will sympathizes with a soul battling against the heartlessness of circumstance.
