'When this Atomic Age suddenly ends, and this Welfare World is blown to smithereens, one imagines that in a world of saner men, In the Green Leaf will be one of the first reprints, for it tells, eloquently, of a time when the spirit of youth, adventure and monumental pluck could go forth and drink the Wine of Life to its sparkling brimful, and proves, up to the hilt, that 'One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name'.' - Book jacket
