THE SWOOP!     

       Or How Clarence Saved England     

 A Tale of the Great Invasion 

       By P. G. Wodehouse     

       1909 —     

   

   

       CONTENTS     

  

  

       PREFACE     

       It may be thought by some that in the pages which follow I have painted in too lurid colours the horrors of a foreign invasion of England. Realism in art, it may be argued, can be carried too far. I prefer to think that the majority of my readers will acquit me of a desire to be unduly sensational. It is necessary that England should be roused to a sense of her peril, and only by setting down without flinching the probable results of an invasion can this be done. This story, I may mention, has been written and published purely from a feeling of patriotism and duty. Mr.       Alston Rivers' sensitive soul will be jarred to its foundations if it is a financial success. So will mine. But in a time of national danger we feel that the risk must be taken. After all, at the worst, it is a small sacrifice to make for our country.     

       P. G. WODEHOUSE.     

 The Bomb-Proof Shelter, London, W. 

  

  

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