Swinnerton (1884-1982) is now largely forgotten as a novelist, editorial adviser and critic.
Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Arthur_Swinnerton

This is a second reminiscence in which he writes and comments on the literary trends and scene from the beginning of the Twentieth Century until the sixties. Its value lies in his personal memoirs of some of the writers of the time. Personal friendships with Arnold Bennett, Hugh Walpole and H.M. Tomlinson (writers who have dimmed over the past century) are mildly informative now.
None the less, it is refreshing to recall a passed literary world, and to savour again the gracious writing that Swinnerton uses to recapture it.
For me, a piece of random reading that I don't regret.