Meanwhile one country takes its opinion of another from the Apercus of a few brilliant but often irresponsible or prejudiced writers,-and really it is rather in what those writers leave out than in what they put in that one must seek the more reliable data of national character.
"The Quest of the Golden Girl"
Richard le Gallienne
It must be their affection that has given me these luminous Apercus.
"The Story of the Amulet"
E. Nesbit