Find a book

A Book a Month

We can send a book a month for six or twelve months - the perfect gift. More »

Café Music

Listen to our album of Café Music while browsing the site. More »

27th February 2023

In addition to everything else they contain, Persephone Books books also form a gallery of work by many marvellous and well-known C20 illustrators, so this week we take a look at light-hearted work by five of them. With his witty, modern style, Arthur Watts (1883-1935) proved to be the perfect match for EM Delafield and her Provincial Lady. Many of his cartoons including this, 'The Course of True Love' (Nov 1921), appeared in Punch, which was renowned the the quality of its cartoons. 

Back to top